Kremlin has ambitious plans to capture four regional capitals — Zelenskyy's Office

Kremlin's ambitious plans

According to the deputy head of the Presidential Office, the enemy's strategic goals remain extensive. Moscow still aims to fully capture the Donetsk region and advance deeper into the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.

In addition, Russian forces seek control over key cities in the south and east.

"They want to advance as far as possible in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions and create conditions that would allow them to claim capturing Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Odesa cities," Palisa said.

He also added that the enemy continues to plan the creation of a "buffer zone" in the Kharkiv and Sumy regions.

Assessment of Russia's capabilities

Despite these aggressive plans, Palisa expressed skepticism about Russia's ability to carry out such operations in the near future.

"As of now, objectively, I do not see the Russians having the capabilities to implement these plans, for example, within the next six months," he stressed.

Other statements by Zelenskyy's Office

Earlier, Presidential Office head Kyrylo Budanov, analyzing the battlefield situation, said Russia's main recent success has been to impose its initiative in certain sectors of the front and force Ukraine's Defense Forces into active maneuver defense.

At the same time, he noted that Ukraine is not setting any artificial deadlines for ending the war. According to him, hostilities will continue until the full de-occupation of Ukrainian territories, and any negotiations will only be possible when appropriate security and political conditions are in place.

As part of diplomatic efforts, it also became known that Russia has effectively agreed to the US security guarantees for Ukraine. This step could become part of a future peace agreement aimed at ensuring long-term regional stability and preventing renewed Kremlin aggression.