Continue to liberate territories from an occupying force, including Crimea? It looks like you think this is just a provocation, when it's not - Crimea was one

Continue to liberate territories from an occupying force, including Crimea? It looks like you think this is just a provocation, when it's not - Crimea was one of the gateways for supplies to support the invasion. But I see what you're saying, you just need to flip it: what else can Russia do (after the invasion, indiscriminate destruction, mobilization, destruction of civilian infrastructures).