Nothing is stopping Putin from claiming this is unilateral aggression on the West's part while hiding as much as they can about Ukraine. The USSR used this tact

Nothing is stopping Putin from claiming this is unilateral aggression on the West's part while hiding as much as they can about Ukraine. The USSR used this tactic all the time to exert their rule/influence in other Soviet republics and brutally suppress rebellions with most Soviet citizens being none the wiser.