From a UKR source.
The Russian war’s new “official” goals:
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1. Full control of Donbas
2. A land connection between Russia and Crimea
3. Full control of Southern Ukraine and a land access to the Transnistria (where “Russian-speaking population is being oppressed”)
Code red for Moldova 🚨
Also code red for Odessa. But I don’t think thry have the troops to get to Odessa, though they currently hold the bridges to get their.
Taking Odessa would solve their supply line problems - but taking it could make Mariupol look like a cakewalk…