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I think the Russians want a lot more than just the end of the Azov boys.  They want Zelensky gone, I think, pretty certainly, and a thug of their own put in charge, plus loss of Donbass and Crimea recognized, and likely more.  They want Ukraine neutralized and quiescent so they can extract resources at leisure, Belarus in short.  They seem willing to bomb Ukraine back to the stone age to do it.

No doubt Putin wants all of Ukraine and her natural resources.  Ukraine's population seems optional.

I wonder if Moldova is next.

I think the Russians want a lot more than just the end of the Azov boys.  They want Zelensky gone, I think, pretty certainly, and a thug of their own put in charge, plus loss of Donbass and Crimea recognized, and likely more.  They want Ukraine neutralized and quiescent so they can extract resources at leisure, Belarus in short.  They seem willing to bomb Ukraine back to the stone age to do it.

NATO member Turkey is a very integral part of these negotiations, and Turkey is saying Putin has accepted the fact that Zelensky is the leader of Ukraine. Are they bullsh*tting Turkey? We'll see. I certainly hope not.  

I think any peace solution should have multiple independent election verification organizations involved in free, fair, and open elections and the course of action should be to let the people of Crimea and Donbas vote on what they want to do. You do realize that during the war in Donbas for the last 3-4 years, over 84% of the civilians killed were killed by the armed forces of Ukraine - not the separatists. This is per the UN, as Ukraine has been shelling the hell out of the Donbas for years. 

Does Ukraine even have natural resources? Ukraine is #26 in the world in proven natural gas reserves and #51 in the world in proven oil reserves. Seems to me like a stretch to start a major war that resulted in massive Russian losses, Russia's economy being sanctioned to the point of collapse, Russia becoming a pariah state, and something that could spill over into WWIII and nuclear holocaust for control of such little proven reserves. They are't sitting on the kind of reserves the Venezuelans, Saudis or Iranians have.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_natural_gas_proven_reserves
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_proven_oil_reserves

Unless Russia completely "wins" this war and takes over Ukraine, I don't see any way of going after Moldova. Their demands for a cease-fire include Ukrainian neutrality and demilitarization, and I assume that the Ukrainian demands would require Russian troops withdrawing. 

Moldova, being landlocked between Romania and Ukraine, would be hard to invade if your troops are on the other side of the Ukrainian border...

Hitler wanted Ukraine for its natural resources, they have a lot of proven metal reserves.

If Putin leaves Zelensky in power with "free" elections, I'll be quite surprised.  I don't know if they told Turkey this was OK with them or not, but it would surprise me quite a bit.

Mining – UkraineInvest

Ukraine has extremely rich and complementary mineral resources in high concentrations and close proximity to each other. The country has abundant reserves of coal, iron ore, natural gas, manganese, salt, oil, graphite, sulfur, kaolin, titanium, nickel, magnesium, timber, and mercury.

Remember to view everything the Turkish government says through the lens that Erdogan himself is a tinhorn dictator that fancies himself as the de facto leader of the Muslim world. He's no innocent schoolkid.

a) no one said he's innocent. there is no such thing as innocent countries or innocent leaders in the world. 

b) Turkey has closed the Turkish straits to Russian battleships. Turkey is a NATO member. As such, they have an interest in this thing not exploding into WWIII, bc as a NATO member, that would mean if it did- they'd have to fight war with Russia.

c) Turkey has been playing a major role in the negotiations.