Can someone redpill me on why Putin wants Ukraine so bad? I don't get it

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No, I mean I know Azov are Nazis, I know they got the tattoos and everything and I will fully believe they were funded and maybe even created by the CIA
But they're also such a small portion of the population they couldn't get more than a few percent of the vote.
Plus the "ethnic cleansing" russia is claiming is about gypsies and I know russians hate gypsies too

This pic shows population density as well. I am just trying to give my personal views with what I know, by no means do I know for certain. I don't think Putin will push much further west though, other than the remaining coastline.

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