Russia-Ukraine War: What is Vladimir Putin's ultimate goal and how he plans to achieve it

The Russian air power has been conspicuously scarce and much-touted Russian combined operations skills equally conspicuously absent. The Russian failure to properly plan logistics and supply systems is clear to even the most casual observer.

KYIV: Ever since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the military invasion of Ukraine, the Russian forces have launched a devastating attack on the eastern European country from all sides – air, land, and sea. The Russian forces have been bombing various city centres and closing in on the capital, Kyiv, triggering a mass exodus of refugees.

Interestingly, for months, Putin denied that he would invade Ukraine - a European democracy of 44 million people. But, he later tore up a peace deal and unleashed what Germany calls "Putin's war", pouring forces into Ukraine's north, east and south.

As the number of dead climbs, Russia's leader stands accused of shattering the peace in Europe. Russia-Ukraine war has entered its ninth day today and no one when knows when it will stop and what are Putin’s ultimate goals and how he plans to achieve them.

What's Putin's Plan?

The Russian President said on Thursday that Moscow's advance in Ukraine is going "according to plan" and ordered large compensations for Russian soldiers killed in the invasion. "I want to say that the special military operation is going strictly according to schedule, according to plan," he said, opening a meeting with his security council. "We are at war with neo-Nazis," the Russian leader said, adding, "I will never give up on my conviction that Russians and Ukrainians are one people."