Russia, fearing nuclear attack from the rogue state of France, declares war. Our nuclear arsenal is partially activated, but nothing is fired.
The massive benevolent Bothnian Fleet and Atlantic Fleet steam for France. Nuclear submarines stage a coordinated (conventional) cruise missile attack on military targets in France. A landing force is dispatched as well.
The droning of hundreds of Tu-95s fill the sky over Russia with cruise missiles in their bellies, awaiting deployment.