This was stated by retired U.S. Army General and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Wesley Clark, in an interview with Antin Borkovskyi on Espreso TV.According to Clark, Russia is currently pursuing three main strategic directions.First, Clark explained, is the Kremlin's psychological and strategic campaign to demoralize Ukrainians and disrupt Ukraine’s war economy through relentless air attacks.“First, to intimidate and break the morale of the Ukrainian people through increasingly massive and destructive drone strikes on population centers, while simultaneously targeting Ukraine’s military-industrial production,” Clark said.“This is a clear focus of the Russian campaign at the moment. They are expanding their drone inventory and enhancing their capacity to strike with missiles, including those supplied by North Korea.”Second, he noted, is the ongoing effort to breach Ukrainian defenses and seize more territory.“Second, to penetrate Ukrainian defenses and seize more territory. There is still a concentrated Russian effort near Sumy in the northeast, and they continue trying to secure and block key logistics hubs, particularly around Pokrovsk,” Clark stated.He added that Russia's broader objective remains to seize Odesa and the entire northern Black Sea coastline in order to cut Ukraine off from global trade routes.“Based on previous assessments, their ultimate objective likely remains the seizure of Odesa and the northern Black Sea coast to cut Ukraine off from international trade routes.”Third, said Clark, is a coordinated move to intimidate NATO and stretch the alliance’s resources thin.“Third, to build up their forces in a way that intimidates NATO, stretches NATO’s resources, and keeps Western allies distracted with the defense of the Baltic states and Finland,” he explained.“At the same time, Russia is demonstrating its nuclear capabilities in an attempt to deter further intervention by the United States or other Western powers.”Clark concluded that these three vectors — pressure on Ukraine’s population, military breakthroughs in the east and south, and geopolitical intimidation of NATO — represent the Kremlin’s current strategy on the battlefield and beyond.