Putin, like the trolls here that support him have shown a complete lack of intelligence and foresight.
Putin in his invasion first wanted to remove the Nazi's. Then is was something about the Jew in office. Then it was about an existential threat. Now its about WMD. And all the while threatening that the expansion of NATO was the problem. Now threatening Sweden and Finland.
Results? Russia literally getting their @$$ kicked by Ukraine and showing the world the Russian military in a conventional war is nothing to be feared by NATO or any other country with a real prepared military. Showing Finland and Sweden they are better off with NATO and they will now join before the end of 2022. Finally showing that Putin, like Stalin is nothing more than a street punk who got lucky to be in the right place at the right time. There is no intelligence to this leader, and none of his hand picked military leaders are intelligent either.
It is proven time and again, that people with a lack of intelligence who are picked to lead, surround themselves with people who are even dumber in order to prop up their own views of their own intelligence. They do not follow the highly intelligent path of not being intimidated by other people who are smarter. They continue to kill off or chase off those who could make a difference because they are afraid of losing power. This is Russia, throughout history. Happy Gulag biatches.