The enemy of my enemy is my friend?
Recently, there have been rebels in the Ukraine feeding the world video links of themselves so drunk that they could barely walk. Putin armed them with weapons that they could use against aircraft and the rebels shot down a commercial airliner. Then the drunken slobs looted the crash site, stealing the personal effects of the victims. That incident gave the world another fine example of Putin's total incompetence. He then lied about the matter.
You can count on Putin to screw things up. You can then count on him to lie about the incompetent results with lies so incredible as to be still another example of his incompetence. People can take his side at their own risk.