The #Russian_Federation still aims to capture the entire #Donbas, as well as #Novorossiya, #Putin stated. #Ukraine and #Europe propose stopping the war along the front line. The #Russian_Federation rejected this, believing it would allow the #Ukrainian Armed Forces to build up their forces in southeastern #ukrainenp. #Russia intends to create a "security zone" in the border areas of the #Sumy and #Kharkiv regions.