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Russia has literally never intended to take and hold the whole of Ukraine. USA military intelligence has stated that this has been true since the beginning of the SMO. Your understanding of the world is inaccurate.
What was the Kyiv offensive about then?
It looked a lot like a feint to anyone analyzing the facts after it failed: an ultrathin column, soldier given 3 days worth of supplies, zero follow up, zero contingency. It looks like a classic feint to me.
I wasn't the one bringing up total victory. I don't know what level of invasion is their true intention, nor claim to know.
You deliberately misinterpreted the person who brought up total victory. The side insisting on total victory is Ukraine and the West. They are insisting that negotiations for peace can only occur after Russia is fully defeated and pushed out of Ukrainian territory. Some have gone so far as to say negotiations won't start until Ukraine pushes Russia out of Crimea.
That's a big leap you have there. It's not wise to assume alternate intentions to what I wrote as such an evaluation is not accurate. I don't think Ukraine is attempting to reach Moscow for a total victory and I'd never make such a claim either.
Ok troll. You assumed the total victory spoken of by the commenter to whom you were replying was being attributed to Russia when it was actually being applied to Ukraine. Total victory for Ukraine would be a full and complete repulsion of the Russian, not an invasion of Russia.