No the real truth is that Ukraine will remain free and independent .
Early on, I posted a piece that listed Putin’s objectives as being the two sepratist regions. It did not mention Ukraine in total.
It would seem that the two noted objectives have been secured and the troops holding the areas least include indiginous sepratists.
The war is approaching or has achieved the condition of stalemate. Russia can’t advance and Ukraine lacks the ability to recapture any of the lost territory. Any inludes Crimea.
Putin has begun to whine about sanctions and the harsh treatment from the west. Russia though gaining the territory has lost the war.