Russian President Vladimir Putin, after securing a fifth consecutive term, announced plans to create a buffer zone in Ukrainian-controlled territory.
Russia won't relent in its invasion of Ukraine, with one of its forthcoming goals being to establish a buffer zone along the border to help protect against long-range Ukrainian strikes and cross-border raids, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. The Kremlin’s forces have recently made battlefield progress as Kyiv’s troops struggle with a severe shortage of artillery shells and exhausted front-line units after more than two years of war.
In view of the current tragic events, we will be forced at some point, when we consider it necessary, to create a certain ‘sanitary zone’ on the territories controlled by the ,' Putin said late Sunday. He spoke at a news conference following the release of election returns that showed him securing a fifth six-year term by a landslide in an election devoid of any real opposition that followed his relentless crackdown on dissent.
French President Emmanuel Macron recently said that sending Western troops into Ukraine shouldn’t be ruled out, though he said the current situation doesn’t require it. Commenting on the prospects for peace talks with Kyiv, Putin reaffirmed that Russia remains open to negotiations but won’t be lured into a truce that will allow Ukraine to rearm.
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