No, Russia’s goal this time last year was the total conquest of Ukraine under the proposal that it wasn’t a ‘real country’.
That narrative was endlessly parroted here by the Russian troll farm and they made clear this was never intended to be a limited war.
Exactly. And Russia’s claims have constantly evolved to such in the gullible. So first Ukraine never should have been given independence. Next Nazis. Then biolabs. Then Soros. Then gays (one of my favorites as an all time made up total propaganda fabrication repeated constantly here).
Putin wants Ukraine for lots of important reasons the fools here don’t even acknowledge.
They actuallly think Putin read that Ukraine was about to legalize gay marriage so he committed his entire army to over one year of a devastating disastrous war.