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From the sounds of it that is right - which means Putin is now committed to capturing the rest of the regions (going to be extremely difficult if not impossible) and basically pledging to be at war with Ukraine in the very long term. Ultimately the real goal of the sham referendums was internal, just removing the blocks to allow further mobilisation including of people from these regions of Ukraine and martial law. So this tracks with that, its just a way of keeping the conflict going.