Kharkov is Putin's main objective based on highway analysis

It directly connects to Moscow and from there to Donesk, Luhansk in the east and the island Krim in the south

Kiev gets surrounded as a trade of. Ukraine keeps Kiev in a not destroyed state, and Russia gets Kharkov

Only 3 highway checkpoint needed to protect the new border with Ukraine

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War is about supply lines. Both during the war for the military, and for after the war for most direct and most connected trade routes