Mykhailo Podoliak, adviser to the head of Ukraine's Presidential Office, stated that Russia's tactical goals are to seize Ukrainian territory and decapitate Ukraine's leadership to provoke panic and unrest, install a puppet government, and adopt a bilateral peace pact.
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Russia aims to seize Ukrainian territory
Russia aims to strike at Ukraine's leadership to provoke unrest
Russia aims to remove and decapitate Ukraine's legitimate leadership
Russia aims to create maximum panic in Ukraine
Russia aims to install a puppet government in Ukraine
Russia aims to adopt a pact on bilateral relations with a puppet Ukrainian government
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