• Pons_Aelius@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Russia never was explicit on their objectives and what they would call a win.

    No but it is easy to guess from their actions.

    They were pushing for Kyiv and expected an easy win. There objective was to dispose the current gov and put a puppet vassal in place.

    Putin’s dream was to recreate the Imperial Russian Empire of Catherine the Great. Taking Ukraine was supposed to be the first easy step.