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This conflict goes back much further than last month and NATO expansion is absolutely a key cause of this war. Being sarcastic about it doesn't change that.
The NATO is a defense agreement. Of course, Russia won't be a fan of everyone else forming an alliance, but they wouldn't need to care either, if they don't plan to invade anyone.
And their immediate neighbors certainly wouldn't either be joining a defense agreement with foreign forces rather than with Russia, if they felt like they could trust Russia, let alone need defense against Russia.
I responded to this in another comment but simply put: NATO isn't a defensive alliance and it never was. That's a paper-thin lie that isn't supported by their history whatsoever. If NATO were to expand to Ukraine, they would threaten Russia militarily, if not outright coup them.