Russia has so far failed with Putin's "buffer zone"
Mid-May, Putin promises the creation of a "buffer zone" between Ukraine and Russia. He means the occupation of the region of Kharkiv, so that no more attacks can be carried out against the Russian Belgorod from there. The plan needs time, Putin's spokesperson now says.
Russian invasion forces in Ukraine are continuing, according to Kremlin reports, to form a buffer zone in the Ukrainian region of Kharkiv. Everything necessary will be done to ensure the security of the Belgorod region from Ukrainian military attacks, but the solution to the problem requires time, Kreml spokesperson Dmitri Peskov told Russian news agencies.
Details went unmentioned by Peskov. He recommended contacting the Russian Defense Ministry for more information. Russian President Vladimir Putin prefers to keep himself detached from the practical implementation of his policies. In his latest address to the nation, for example, he presented simple plans like the renovation of universities or the announcement of a corporate tax reform as requests or appeals to the government - his government. The advantage for him: If his politics fails, he cannot be held responsible.
According to a study cited by the state Russian news agency TASS, 80 percent of the surveyed Russians trust Putin. However, only 54 percent evaluate the work of the Russian government positively. According to Peskov, this is due to Putin's "daily, hard, and responsible work."
Putin had announced in May that Russia would create a "buffer zone" to protect its border regions from Ukrainian attacks. In Belgorod, the attacks - which are much weaker than the Russian missile strikes on Ukraine - have already caused considerable unrest. "None of my friends or relatives want to stay in Belgorod. Everyone is thinking of leaving," said a Russian resident of Belgorod in an interview with ntv in May.
Meanwhile, the governor of Belgorod, Vyacheslav Gladkov, reported that a man had been killed in a Ukrainian attack on the region. Seven other people were injured. He had only reported the deaths of four people on Tuesday. The verifiability of the information cannot be checked independently.
According to a Reuters report, Russia is currently experiencing a shortage of ammunition and soldiers to launch a new large-scale offensive in Ukraine. A high-ranking NATO representative told Reuters that Russia had suffered "very high" losses in the Ukraine.
While the May offensive in the northeastern part of the Charkiv region has come to a virtual standstill, the Kremlin troops are maintaining their pressure in the Donezk oblast. To achieve unrealistic goals, they would order "understaffed, inexperienced units to advance into areas," the NATO representative said.
- Despite the promise made by Vladimir Putin in May to create a buffer zone in Kharkiv to protect Belgorod from attacks, the situation in Belgorod remains tense, with Russian residents expressing a desire to leave due to the ongoing attacks.
- In response to the attacks on Belgorod, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the formation of a buffer zone in the Ukrainian region of Kharkiv to ensure the security of the Belgorod region, a process that his spokesperson, Dmitri Peskov, has stated requires time.
- The Russian President Vladimir Putin's plan to create a buffer zone between Ukraine and Russia, specifically in Kharkiv, has been met with the creation of a "buffer zone" in the Ukrainian region by Russian invasion forces, aimed at preventing further attacks on the Russian Belgorod region.
