What exactly is Vladimir Putin's endgame?

After failing to capture the capital city of Kyiv, the Russian army has shifted it's focus to Eastern Ukraine. 

Russia now controls much of Southern Ukraine, including the port city of Mariupol. And it's in the middle of a battle for the Donbas region in Ukraine's east, which is known as the country's "industrial heartland."

But what is it exactly that Vladimir Putin is trying to achieve now?

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