Putin’s “last stated objective.” Correction: his last stated objective so far. The thug keeps shifting the goal posts as his army of conscripts, gopniks, alcoholics, pillagers, and rapists performs so poorly in Ukraine. Russia has probably supplied more arms to Ukraine than the west has.
Mariupol the major Neo Nazi stronghold now taken. 1095 Ukie Marines just surrendered. That leaves one last stated objective, the Donbass provinces.
Sounds like winning to me, just saying.
You would do well to read Vlad’s speech at the outbreak of the war, ( none have), it will make this whole mess clearer. He does what he says, at all costs.