It's looking like Vlad is after total control of Ukraine, and if stories are true he has a kill list of officials. He's obviously wanting to replace the Govt with a Patsy one.
The seccond bit certainly IMO .
I don't believe he has control of the west yet , Kyiv and last I heard other pockets even in the east were holding out . Only a matter of time for this David and Goliath thing ,then the question as to whether or not some sort of guerilla warfare (or not ) but no doubt about the winner . Just a matter of how much resistance to point out they really didn't want to be taken over . How much Russian hardware and Russian lives lost in the process to add to bad feelings at home and to provide Ukranian matyrs for the future struggles . Another Afghanistan ???