“Active defense”: Ukraine targets Russia’s supply routes. Observers have suggested that the Kremlin wants to stabilize and slightly expand its partial occupation of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson by 2024.
Ukraine's strategy is to bleed advancing Russian forces as much as possible while maintaining the strength of its own units. The goal is “the elimination of the military threat” - liberating Ukraine at the same time, says Pavel Luzin, a Russian military analyst.