Posted on 05/29/2025 2:21:06 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said that Russia has gathered 50,000 troops near Ukraine's northern Sumy region, but added that Kyiv had taken steps to prevent Moscow from conducting a large-scale offensive there.
The build-up comes as Russia appears to be gearing up for a summer offensive in Ukraine while Kyiv waits for Moscow to present a memorandum laying out its conditions to proceed with ceasefire talks.
Sumy lies across the border from Russia's Kursk region where Ukraine previously seized and held a pocket of land for months, before being almost fully pushed out last month, although it says it still holds some areas there.
"Their largest, strongest forces are currently on the Kursk front," Zelenskiy told reporters on Tuesday. "To push our troops out of the Kursk region and to prepare offensive actions against the Sumy region."
Putin has said he wants a "buffer zone" along Russia's border with Ukraine. Zelenskiy said he believed Russia wanted a buffer zone of about 10 kilometres (6 miles).
Russia has captured at least four border villages in the region recently, and has been creeping slowly forwards over the past several weeks on parts of the frontline in eastern Ukraine near the city of Kostyantynivka.
However, Zelenskiy said that the Russians had been pushed back in that area by 4 km (2.5 miles) over two days.
Ukraine and Russia swapped 1,000 captives each after a meeting of the two countries' delegations in Istanbul nearly two weeks ago which failed to produce a ceasefire sought by Ukraine, the U.S. and Europe.
Zelenskiy said that he viewed Turkey, the Vatican and Switzerland as the most realistic venues for further negotiations with Russia. He said interest in hosting talks had also been expressed by Malta, as well as unspecified African nations.
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Hey “Z”....it’s a hint...
Hopefully a lot more Russians coming back to their babushkas in body bags...
He has chosen this path.
Time to man up and face the bloody trail.
Nice Steve...
Wishing for more death in your little “Game Head”
Feed me death and sarrow.
50,000 is a nice big target.
It will be the bloodiest hellscape since D Day and Guadalcanal.
That’s a two way street.
https://youtu.be/IMNmfeCpwpQ?t=834
The Australian vlogger who specializes in grocery stores.
I scrolled that. Potatoes. 2 weeks old vid. He didn’t bring any attention to them. More interested in fruit.
So, Zelensky wanted more war and he is getting what he wanted.
The little dictator who cried wolf.
Zelensky, just ignore those troops.
You will be just fine.
might be s good time to sue for peace?
Lol...keep waiting, they're gonna deliver that memorandum to Kiev in person!
“If I remember correctly, Putin is the one that chose the path of war.”
Life is so easy for dogs and three year olds.
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