I will interject that the Russian invasion buffer is not present when Ukraine exists as a sovereign nation.
Russia is thus naked and subject to direct attack. The greatest readily available buffer is the Russian speaking area of Eastern Ukraine. Little as it is, it must be captured to provide at least some invasion buffer.
All of Ukraine would be best but the east will have to suffice
Why does Russia need a land invasion buffer if NATO supremacy is linked to airspace?
The two biggest countries I remember invading another sovereign country in my lifetime with columns of tanks and soldiers in addition to having significant air power are Iraq with Gulf War One... and Putin’s Russia.
Thanks, I am sure Ukraine will appreciate your advice./s Just as Russia will appreciate their gas and oil.
Russian invasion buffer
***There needs to be such things as invasion buffer zones. Manned by blue helmets. Whichever side invades, that’s who the blue helmet forces fight against. You wanna remove the blue helmets from that zone, you gotta do it forcefully and incur UN sanctions and direct action.
This will never happen due to international politics. It is a sad commentary on the nature of humanity.
I will interject that the Russian invasion buffer is not present when Ukraine exists as a sovereign nation.
***Russia signed off Ukraine as a sovereign nation in 1994 in exchange for nukes.
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