And HN is a prime target. So many people here may have influence over millions of people right now, or will in near future. There's a lot to gain from implanting a few untrue memes that dismiss Russian, Chinese, Saudi or whoever else's actions.
A popular one is to depict NATO as a aggressive organization that subjugates countries in Europe to encircle Russia, thus making Russia's actions "defensive". It's ridiculously untrue and totally detached from the actual political history of post-1991 Europe, but if you know nothing about NATO in Europe, then it may be believable and you may convince yourself or others that Russia's aggression (like the war in Ukraine) is justified, and that the US nor EU should not get involved in any way. That's what they want. That's Sun Tzu's Art of War in practice. It must have an amazing ROI given the ease of capturing Crimea, which they have fought over several times in their history, but without any human losses this time around. Amazing innovation in warfare!
Plus a lot of westerners are already inclined to self-whipping over the colonial guilt narrative, missing what rest of the world has been doing, and in many cases, is still doing. This supports the implanted ideas.