This would be almost better than Putin pushing to take Kiev for a couple of reasons. It would shorten the length of the war by about six weeks. War is expensive, though Russia's economy is stronger than ever now in spite the sanctions; looks merciful - good PR; with a sizable military within striking range, it places enormous pressure on that government to not fuck around and play ball - good chance of getting a very pro-Russian President installed.
The red and black shaded region is what Russia currently holds. The red only shaded region is what I think Putin ultimately wants. They will completely isolate Ukraine from the Black Sea; re-establish a border with Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, and completely surround Moldova; Russia would have captured most of the industrial centers of Ukraine; and overwhelming majority of the farmland.
And before you say but it's taken Russia two years to get the black and red shaded portion..... Yes. But Ukraine fighting forces then and Ukraine's fighting forces now are completely different armies.
Ukraine then:
-- motivated troops/world volunteers and so much donated military hardware, the corrupt HC thought no one would notice if (my estimates) 10-30% was sold for personal gain on the black market.
--- and western money printers go brrrr.
Ukraine now:
--- substantially older average age of army, now 43-45 compared to late twenties at the start of the invasion,
--- military hardware donations now slowing down as well as the money spigot being slowly throttled back.
--- Overwhelmingly majority of all NATO trained troops dead or captured. Remember these troops were to be held in reserve to be the main force of the counter offensive in last year's Ukrainian "counter offensive" They were all thoughtfully wasted by Zelensky in a hopeless defense of Bakhmut. If you are going to openly throw away your best trained, and equipped troops in a strategic and tactical disaster which was the fall of Bakhmut then anyone with any sense would seriously lose faith in the direction and plan of Ukrainian HC/Presidency.
--- Over 1.2 Ukrainian young military age 18-30, males living abroad to avoid the war. Not to mention the sons and daughters of several government officials, the mayor of Kiev has sent his children out of country to Germany, who now, are German citizens.
--- Support for Ukraine is quickly drying up in the US, with only the most fanatical MIC whores still in support of more US money to be flushed down the toilet
--- Ukraine is now sending/has members of their Special forces to fight in Gaza and Africa. This is not a nation serious about it's self preservation.
--- Zelensky, the jew has nearly total control of the nation and is a dictator.
So basically Ukraine is on verge of collapse. Their call for 500K soldiers is way too little way too late. Even with the "rapid training regimen" Ukraine has, (3-5 days) It would take a month, at least to outfit and deploy these people, and as Zelensky the murderous jew shovels more people into the meatgrinder, more people are going to question why do this. There is no purpose, there is seeming no long term strategy. It's quite obviously a stalling tactic in hopes NATO approves Ukrainian membership (which I don't think they will or will do so with major exceptions to Article 5) or openly commits battle troops.
France has committed 1000 troops to Ukraine and is deploying them now. Currently that's about two to three days of KIA and WIA for Ukraine.