Don't forget about Alaska either...when Putin gives the signal the North American campaign begins! 🙃
Putin wants to go down in history as the Russian leader who restored the old Imperial 1914 borders. At least as close as he can get; likely too late to grab back Finland, Poland and the Baltic states. That will be work for some future pseudo-Czar. He will probably turn eastward after the Ukraine adventure and get the wandering Stan’s back into the family. The West won’t care, China might but not the West.
AK was never part of the USSR. I can see vatnik tears beginning to well up in your eyes. It will only get worse, the further into the year we progress.