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Well, he’s welcome to that version if he likes.

At one point he prattles off about the evil Ukrainians having
the audacity to attack Russian troops on Ukrainian soil over
a period of time.

They carved out Ukrainian territory, and he now thinks it’s
evil or something for the Ukraine not accepting it.

Russia has taken control of all territory down by the
Black Sea, but it doesn’t occur to this guy at all, that
may have been Russia’s main goal.

He says they are not trying to take anymore territory down
there, but I happen to believe Russia wants all the land
over to Odessa also. They want that whole region.

Well, this will play out. We’ll see how much of this land
Russian has conquered is returned to the Ukraine after
hostilities are over. I doubt all of it will be returned.

Did they return Crimea? Did they return those carve out
places on Ukrainian soil?

I think Russia has taken the land it wants, and will keep
large chunks of it.