Now the main task of all defense operations of Ukraine is to destroy Russian potential, war potential as much as possible, and to deliver a maximum counterattack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated, 24tv.ua reports. "Particularly, this is the creation of a buffer zone in the Kursk Region [of Russia]. Everything that harms the Russian army, the Russian state, their defense industry and economy, all this helps us [i.e. Ukraine] to prevent the expansion of the war and bring its fair end closer," added the president of Ukraine.