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The maximum task is to gain control over Ukraine: Budanov outlines russia's goals for 2024

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Kirill Budanov, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, said that russia's maximum goal is to gain control of Ukraine, while the minimum goal is to reach the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

The maximum task is to gain control over Ukraine: Budanov outlines russia's goals for 2024

The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov, said that the maximum task for russia is to gain control over Ukraine, and the minimum is to reach the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Budanov said this during a telethon, UNN reports.

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The maximum objective is to gain control of Ukraine by any means, any means at all. The minimum task, and it is the only one so far, is to reach the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. It has never changed

- Budanov said.

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