Right, that's why every nation in the region wants to join NATO. In contrast to the title, NATO is perceived as a direly needed guarantee for security amidst the continuous invasions by Russia against its neighbors.
I would like to thank Vladimir Putin for runing Russia and dragging Russia into an unwinnable war. Thank you Mr Putin, you have sabotaged Russia better than anyone else could. Your strategy will be mocked in military schools and be taught as "The blunder to not do" for decades.
Russia will lose this war and repay everything to Ukraine even if it takes a hundred years.
... who was an ambassador for 1 1/2 years and had no political functions before and after. He is a real estate guy, film producer and horse race aficionado. So no real source.
A proxy war by definition has both parties non active and letting others fight for them. So this is no proxy war from the Russian side, they are bleeding heavily. NATO on the other side is perhaps not very upset that Ukrainian blood stops the expansionist dreams of Russia with NATO gear. But I think most of them would have preferred if Russia had respected the Budapest Memorandum.