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There are talks that they have a list of persons they want to "punish" (pro-west politicians, war veterans from 2014, even active people from various pro democracy NGO's and so on).
It's possible that his plant is to not go all in but be more direct with the manhunt capture all those in the list (who drive the country towards west ideas basically), punish them (up to your fantasy what it means) and probably leave them alone with pro Russian government installed (and with those couple of regions captured).
Russians themselves kept on talking about the "list" on their tv.
I can’t work out why he isn’t focusing his forces on an objective, if even with air superiority, he has enough forces to take over the country or how he is going to hold it.
He might have a brilliant plan.....or...