Go city by city and flatten as much as he can... then leave, taking the two Donbass provinces with him and dare the world to do something about it. That's got to be his plan... nothing else makes sense.
Looks like I was right except for the "then leave" part. He's not only not leaving, he's likely to expand into Moldova as well.
His plan might not be anything more than "start an incursion, see how it goes and what we can get from it".
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shareHis plan isn't going to work because it was based on the misconception that Ukraine would roll over.
shareHe did say denazification and DEMILITARIZATION. I think that's why he's saying it's going as planned. Flatten every other city in Ukraine and keep Donbas so nothing is really left in the end for the Ukrainians.
shareSo, keep Donbas which he had anyway. And be permanently cut off from Europe and the entire Western World?
shareHe's KGB. All they do is kill. That is his goal.
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