No, it's a preemptive strike, i.e., a strike intended to sharply reduce the adversary's capability, and hopefully it's will, to make war.Is "preemptive strike" the new term for declaring war? That is what it will amount to if Russia drops any bombs on a NATO country.
A declaration of war is a statement by the government of a country, according to its laws, that it is at war. In the U.S., it takes the form of a Joint Resolution of Congress.