They seek to capture 5 areas: Putin included Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the Southern District - ISW

It's not just about the territories that are now occupied. According to the Decree of the Kremlin, the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation, Kherson, Zaporizhzhya, Donetsk and Lugansk regions, as well as Crimea were fully included. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed two decrees on February 26. According to one of them, the occupied part of Ukraine should belong to the Southern Military District (PVO). About it reports "Institute of War Study" in the summary of February 26.

It is not only about the territories that are now occupied, but about the whole Kherson, Zaporizhzhya, but also of Donetsk and Lugansk regions and Crimea, which has been part of the PVO since 2014. The inclusion of both the occupied and non -industrial territories of Ukraine is another testimony that Russia pursues the maximum goals in Ukraine and seeks to capture full five Ukrainian regions. According to the decree, the Leningrad and Moscow military districts are being restored.

The bulk of the territories that were once part of the Northern Navy went to Leningrad. According to another decree of the Kremlin head, the Moscow and Leningrad military districts are officially restored, the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation was left without the status county. ISW believes that in this way, Russian military-political leadership pursues two goals at the same time.