what about? - stop nato expansion: sweden and finland joined nato, baltic sea is now nato lake - take the center of power in kyiv: gtfo with bayraktars - change "regime" in ukraine: zeleboba still there, praised and taking billions of dorrars for cocaine - denazification of ukraine: now ukraine is considered the global heroic defender of democracy - take southern regions up to odessa: gtfo from kherson, couldn't take zaporizhzhia, control none of the regions entirely - stop russophobia: russophobia intensified x9000 especially in europe, only friends now are assad, kim jong un and khamenei - strengthening of russian global influence: declining geopolitical power, to the point of its economy being dependant almost entirely from china - protect "russian-speaking" population: hundreds of thousands dead, standards of living plummeted - protection of economic interests: ruble's value nosedived, inflation stays high, lost hundreds of billions of dollars in contracts with eu for the years to come, central bank interests at 21%, mortgages interests up to 30%+
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