Odessa will be the next big target.
Total control over the northern coast of the Black Sea is the prize.
Doubt this. Odessa will be eventually taken, but it is not the next step and not even next after next....
Let me offer a prediction: after Mariupol, we will be seeing action in Slavyansk and Kramotorsk... in fact it is already going on the peripherals.
And I'd guess some action in Nikolaev before Odessa.
Odessa is the main location of Ukraine’s NEON production. Once Russia captures Odessa they will control 70% of the world’s NEON production with China controlling almost all the rest. In case you don’t know, NEON is required for the production of microchips. In a few days it looks like the Russians and Chinese will control almost all of the world’s NEON production. That is very bad news for us. If you think the microchip shortage is bad now, just wait until the Russians and Chinese decide to hoard NEON for their own production requirements. Modern technology in the western world will grind to a halt.