YOU don't know what you're talking about, you don't understand the situation, at all, putin can't just rob ukraine and call it a day, let's be serious here this isn't a video game
https://pic8.co/sh/fpO7V8.jpeg
He can annex ukrainian territories neighboring russia's borders yes, ukrainian territories with ethnic or linguistic russian majority (in red in the map above) and that's exactly what he did
Because those populations were ethnically targeted/persecuted by kiev who wanted to ban russian language in those areas (among other things) right before the war started
Then why did he try to capture the whole thing(capital) initially?
He didn't try to "capture the whole thing", it was a diversion to create an opening, to split ukranian forces, pretty much like you would use a jab right before a body blow, forcing your adversary to raise his guard and leave his flank open, same deal
A 40km convoy and armor across the river from kiev says otherwise.
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