There is no goal, they're just using Ukraine as the current money-laundering place and weapons testing ground. Right now weapons systems companies are wetting themselves with excitement as they churn out new arms and ammunition at unprecedented rates, fvcking Germany has awoken it's war machine, the entire Military Industrial Complex is gearing up for serious engagements in multiple theater of operations... because war makes gigantic profits for them. Think of it like a controlled burn, nothing to crazy but shit is getting destroyed, and who benefits from that... construction companies. They make money on the war they make money rebuilding the battlefields, 1st world economies are vastly improved and who gives a shit if a million or more civilians in the area die, that's what they're there for.