Yes. Russia has made no secret about what their objectives have been for this operation into Ukraine. The objectives have been to demilitarize Ukraine, as in Nazis, and to liberate Eastern Ukrainians that had been brutalized by Ukraine since 2014 by constant missile bombardment. Also in the process of these first two objectives, Russia has secured a land corridor to Crimea and turned their water back on - which the Ukrainians had shut off. Unlike what the western media has been promoting, this operation for the Russians was never about taking territory. That is why Russia has no problems withdrawing from areas rather than have their soldiers killed and equipment lost just to have bragging rights.

Russia's goal in the beginning was to get Ukraine to the bargaining table in an attempt to get Ukraine to agree to follow the Minsk agreement which did not allow NATO expansion into Ukraine. They almost had a peace treaty back in March when they met in Turkey. That is when Russia had surrounded Kiev - just to keep them in place. Russia in a show of good will withdrew from Kiev. Their good will gesture was met with Kiev reneging on the deal when Bojo from the UK convinced Zelenskyy to back out. There is no incentive at this point for Russia to believe anything the collective West or Ukraine puts forth. Therefore, they have worked to liberate Donetsk and Luhansk regions of the Donbass and to fortify Crimea - basically Eastern Ukraine which are primarily Russians unlike the West which is mostly Ukrainian. I have interest here because my mother's family originates from this area but to the north.

Honestly, Russia intervened into what would have been massive ethnic cleansing of the Donbass. Ukraine, backed by NATO, was amassing large forces to invade Donbass. Russia simply beat them to the punch and saved those people. Something you will never hear from western media.