Posted on 05/27/2025 1:01:51 PM PDT by McGruff
Russian forces are making gains in the Ukrainian north-eastern region of Sumy - a development that may be linked to Moscow's attempts to create "buffer zones" along the border, Ukrainian regional authorities have said.
Russia maintains it has captured six villages in Sumy so far.
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a plan to create "security buffer zones" along the border. "Enemy firing points are being actively suppressed, the work is under way," he said.
The buffer zones would be created to provide "additional support" to areas in Russia which border Ukraine's Kharkiv, Sumy and Chernihiv regions, Putin said.
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A buffer zone. That sounds benign.How nice of the BBC to explain Putin’s advances in Ukraine.
*shift*
They will have to take the entire country to have a sufficient ‘buffer zone’
LOL. As if Russian revanchists needed a reason to genocidally erase Ukrainians and their national identity bit by bit.
I guess if you had just been counter invaded twice or thrice from that area... you might try to gain a bit more land.
No sympathy for the Russians.
The highly spoken of international legion is quiting.
Pulling out of Ukraine.
Can’t see your image. Says I need to register.
Stop blaming Russia for defending itself and its national interests from NATO aggression.
The very name "Ukraine" (kind of) means buffer zone.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krajina#Etymology
Analysis: The Russian know this of course and are being "cute".
I didn't blame anybody in my post. Stop lying.
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