Russia’s strategic goals for 2024 remain the same as before, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov told the Kyiv Independent at the “Ukraine. Year 2024″ forum on Feb. 25. He said that Russia’s goal is still to destroy Ukrainian statehood and reach the administrative border of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts to “keep what they already have,” but that they “have been unable to do (so) by military means.” “In 2022-2023, they failed to do so, and in 2024 they will not be able to do so either,” Budanov said. The “Ukraine. Year 2024” forum discussed achieving Ukraine’s goals in the war, d…