The metric for Russia victory is whether Ukraine is in Nato or not. whether Russia steals more or less land, is a by product, not the goal.
Also, honestly? In terms of Israel, the same principle applies, the metric of territorial theft is a by product, not the goal.
While the Western hawks and media spins a narrative of russian imperialism it is quite easily refuted (and multiple users have repeated refuted this, with no meaningful counter argument evidenced). This narrative simply does not hold up, as one should be able to accept by now, using simple facts and logic.
Every one goes silent whenever anyone points to the Map of Ukraine and how far Russia has gone. If Russia wanted all of Ukraine it would have fully mobilized, its as simple as that. All counter arguments fail woefully to move beyond this point.
If Russia had fully mobilized, Putin's rule (and that of his associated oligarchs) would be put in serious danger. The Russian middle class in Moscow or St. Petersburg (or the "Russian heartland", for that matter) has ZERO appetite to send their sons to war for Putin's geostrategic or neo-imperialist ambitions. Which is the very reason why they have barely drawn from this pool of potential recruits yet and instead sent the dregs from the periphery of Russian society: prisoners, criminals, Wagner mercenaries, Chechens, Dagestanis, poor peasants from the far east oblasts, and recently even from North Korea.
Regarding your first point: do you seriously want to argue that Putin would have no problem with Ukraine joining the EU as long as NATO membership was off the table? Because if that is your position, then why did Russia pull the trigger on annexing Crimea and sending ground troops to the Donbass over an association agreement between Ukraine and the EU?
Imho, Putin's/Russia's primary motivation for this war is of geostrategic nature in a broad sense; it's about protecting and maintaining Russia's sphere of influence. NATO membership is an important puzzle piece in this regard, but imho, there can be no doubt that Russia isn't exclusively driven by military considerations and also pursues economic and political goals in this conflict.