The West a Legitimate Military Target for Russia?

Let us hope not BUT things are not looking good. A very short comment

The question of the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Ottawa was not raised on Monday at the Canadian Foreign Ministry, where Russian Ambassador Oleg Stepanov was invited. This was announced by the diplomat in a telephone conversation with Russian journalists, answering a question from our correspondent. The Canadian Foreign Ministry considers the Crimean Bridge a legitimate target for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and its special services, Stepanov added.

Automated translation of https://t.me/tass_agency/159919

NATO has long been hatching plans to defeat or weaken Russia and has chosen Ukraine for this purpose, said Russia's permanent representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya, speaking at a special session of the world organization's General Assembly dedicated to the Ukrainian crisis. Automated translation of https://t.me/tass_agency/159919

My question - to no one in particular - is this: is Ottawa/NATO et al. by any chance deliberately (sic) trying to become a legitimate target for the Armed Forces of Russia?

A related question is how long Russia will be able and willing to 'merely' fight NATO on the ground in Ukraine in a proxy war.

I finish with this gem:

The UN General Assembly did not support the proposal of the Russian Federation to hold a secret ballot on the resolution on referendums in the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. Automated translation of https://t.me/tass_agency/159917

Russia is clearly telling the world that, in a secret balllot, country representatives at the UN General Assembly might - just might - choose to support the referendums. They do not do so openly for fear of retaliation from the mighty and powerful (read the ‘West'). Of course, Russia knew beforehand that the UN would not accept its proposal, but wanted to show the world all the same that the UN rejected it.

Source: https://workingholidayincanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ottawa-min.jpg