Yup, that's the most ironic thing about the war. Putin cried NATO expansion to justify invasion while blowing up the NATO balloon
with the invasion. Is called, i think, shooting yourself in the foot.
Putin is doing all he can to muddy the waters and to create dissent by doing stuff like pushing people toward Finnish boarders and likely encouraging others
to push people toward other Western borders (other than his damn Ukraine war) including the U.S. Mexico border. And of course
by flooding the West with misinformation.
His anti-community spirit is gonna catch up to him one day.