Yes Putin would see it this way, Russian media is reporting on this as exactly that- direct involvement.
Yes I think there is escalation involved here that NATO and the warmongers seem to want. Russia has been sending warnings for several years now about their feelings and responses.
I don't have any military perspective (I'd love it if our vets would comment) but it strikes the eye rather, that Biden just stabbed Netanyahu and Israel in the back as reported in this thread here:
Breaking: Biden: Israel offer is a 'historic opportunity, Hamas should take it'
It's the weapons --
Biden holds onto weapons and spare parts bought and paid for by Israel, to force Israel's hand. So he's wiggled out of his legally binding commitment to never withhold arms shipments to Israel under any circumstances in time of war for Israel. He uses those weapons as hostage material to force Israel to do whatever Biden wants in Gaza.
BUT
Biden gives weapons free of charge to Ukraine to attack Russia.
So he steals Israel's property (bought and paid for, produced by American manufacturers) to force Israel to divide the land (give back control of Gaza again to Hamas)
and he gives weapons freely to Ukraine to attack Russia on her home soil using Ukraine as a proxy thus ensuring Russian wrath.
This is not going to end well. We know God will protect Israel, and we also know there is a direct link between serious events affecting America and the 2 State "solutions" being forced on Israel to divide the land God gave them. Bill Koenig outlines this well in his books, the first of which was Eye to Eye in which he covered past "peace" talks forcing Israel to give up land and various disasters on American soil. Usually there is a link between the problem in Israel and the problem in America.
The link here is the weapons.
We know that Russia survives to be a force to be reckoned with by the time of Ezek 38. We know that Israel survives everything including Ezek 38. We know that America ( whether you see Tarshish as England as I do, or Spain, either way America is a cub) survives but in a weakened state to ask that weak question of Russia in Ezek 38 "have you come for spoil"
So looking at the Bible we know that sometime in the nearish future:
America survives in a weakened state
Russia survives as a powerful world player (nobody gets in her way in the Ezek 38 invasion)
And Israel survives all of it.
From previous discussions I think Ezek 38 is after the Rapture so I think what we are seeing is just getting the Tribulation and Post Rapture period furniture in place before the curtain (and the church) goes up to kick off the final 7 years (with the possibility of an unknown period of time after the Rapture and before the Tribulation).
The closer we get the more we see.
So what this says to me is we are getting ever closer to the Rapture and we are bumping up to some of these post Rapture events so close we can almost reach out and touch them. With the caveat that I don't know for sure if Ezek 38 really is post Rapture like I think.
But this is definitely moving Russia into position for her appearance in Ezek 38. She HAS to gain power. America HAS to be unable or unwilling to come to Israel's defence.