Putin has learned how to lie well from obama, the LIAR in chief. I’m rather surprised putin hasn’t blamed his invasion on Bush.
Indirectly, I think he has. I've read he was upset and felt threatened by NATO's continued expansion eastward after the breakup of the old USSR.
Former KGB Putin is a lifelong liar.
Historically it was the American left media and politicians that learned to lie from the KGB, and not the other way around.