Vladimir Putin’s new proposal for Russia’s borders might just be a thinly veiled attempt at seizing more Ukrainian territory, experts warn.
“We will be forced at some point, when we consider it necessary, to create a certain ‘sanitary zone’ on the territories controlled by the ,”said in remarks delivered on Sunday, according to an AP translation. The zone “would be quite difficult to penetrate using the foreign-made strike assets at the enemy’s disposal,” Putin added.
If Russia were to try and establish a buffer zone inside Ukraine and presumably focus the operation on Kharkiv, it might just be a thinly veiled attempt at seizing more Ukrainian territory, according to Lionel Beehner, adjunct associate professor of International and Public Affairs at the Columbia School of International and Public Affairs.
As of Tuesday, the attacks have damaged over 130 residential houses and 60 passenger cars, according to Belgorod’s governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov.. The Russian military has also deployed air defenses in an attempt to intercept the attacks. The governor of Kursk, which has also come under attack, deployed a new kind of alert system for warning residents of drone attacks.
Even if there were some kind of mutually agreed-upon buffer zone—which seems unlikely at this point—Putin almost certainly would not honor it, according to Nixey.
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