"I have decided to make the essential buffer region along the Ukrainian border. Our armed forces are presently addressing this issue" - said Vladimir Putin, quoted by the Russian state agency RIA Nowosti. The Ukrainian Ministry of abroad Affairs has already referred to the dictator's statement.
Vladimir Putin in his message did not give any details This project.
The decision of the Russian dictator was immediately addressed by the Ukrainian Ministry of abroad Affairs. "I remind the planet that Putin's statements about the “buffer zone” have emerged in the process of intensive efforts to accomplish a full, lasting ceasefire, ending killings and advancement in peace. These. New aggressive statements clearly reject peace efforts and they show that Putin was and remains the only reason for continuous killings" - wrote the Minister of abroad Affairs of Ukraine, Andry Sybiha.
The minister stressed that Putin "must be put under more force to end this war".
Former spokesperson for the Ukrainian MFA Heorhi Tychyj besides told Interfax-Ukraine agency that Putin's words about the decision to make a "buffer safety zone" along the border with Ukraine clearly show that Russia is an obstacle to peace efforts And that the force on the Kremlin should be increased.
Another region targeted by Putin
Previously, experts of the U.S. Institute of War Studies assessed that Putin had met with officials in the Kursk Oblast in his country's west most likely to justify plans to occupy the Sumic region in the north of Ukraine.
According to the ISW, "Russian territorial objectives go beyond circuits that have already illegally seized or annexed, and Putin may want to check Ukraine for further occupying the Sumi circuit to relinquish part of that circuit during future peace negotiations". We wrote more about this subject HERE.
Source: PAP
