{"id":1537872,"date":"2025-05-24T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1537872"},"modified":"2025-05-24T12:10:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T16:10:00","slug":"will-russias-latest-buffer-zone-plan-be-more-successful-than-the-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/will-russias-latest-buffer-zone-plan-be-more-successful-than-the-last\/1537872\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Russia’s Latest Buffer Zone Plan Be More Successful Than The Last?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will Russia’s Latest Buffer Zone Plan Be More Successful Than The Last?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Putin\u00a0warned<\/a>\u00a0in March 2024 that Russia might set up a \u201csecurity zone\u201d inside Ukraine in response to cross-border strikes and raids, which it then began to do two months later that May after Russian troops made a\u00a0fresh push into Kharkov Region<\/a>\u00a0at the time. Regrettably, the incursion didn\u2019t penetrate too deeply, and later that summer Ukraine launched a\u00a0sneak attack against Russia\u2019s Kursk Region<\/a>. It was only earlier this year that Russia finally expelled all Ukrainian troops from there\u00a0with North Korean assistance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Nevertheless, Putin\u00a0just announced<\/a>\u00a0late last week that \u201ca decision has been made to create a buffer security zone along the Russian border\u201d with Belgorod, Kursk, and Bryansk Regions, thus meaning inside the corresponding Ukrainian regions of Kharkov (once again), Sumy, and Chernigov. Unlike last year\u2019s attempt, this latest one might be more successful due to the very different context within which it\u2019s being pursued, particularly as regards the conflict\u2019s new diplomatic and military dynamics.<\/p>\n

Regarding the first, \u201cThe Devil\u2019s In The Details As Trump Announced \u2018Immediate\u2019 Russian-Ukrainian Ceasefire Talks<\/a>\u201d right after his latest call with Putin, the details of which readers can learn more about from the preceding hyperlinked analysis. Its relevance to Putin\u2019s newly announced buffer zone plan is that his declaration might initially be intended as a form of pressure upon Zelensky to coerce him into having Ukraine finally comply with\u00a0Russia\u2019s demanded concessions<\/a>\u00a0for politically resolving the conflict.<\/p>\n

As for the second, it was assessed in mid-March that \u201cRussia Might Expand Its Ground Campaign Into Sumy, Dniepropetrovsk, And\/Or Kharkov Regions<\/a>\u201d, with Dniepropetrovsk being mentioned instead of Chernigov since Russian forces are approaching its border from Donbass after going around\u00a0Pokrovsk<\/a>. Crossing that administrative frontier into a region that Russia doesn\u2019t (yet?) claim as its own could circumvent Ukraine\u2019s formidable defenses in central Zaporozhye and lead to that region\u2019s swift capture.<\/p>\n

In connection with these dynamics, RT chief Margarita Simonyan\u00a0clarified<\/a>\u00a0that the Russian delegation in Istanbul didn\u2019t threaten that their country would claim an additional Ukrainian region if Ukraine doesn\u2019t withdraw from the four disputed ones, but four more for a total of eight regions (not counting Crimea). These could conceivably be all or part of Chernigov, Sumy, Kharkov, and Dniepropetrovsk Regions given Russia\u2019s latest buffer zone plan unless Ukraine agrees to its demanded concessions before then.<\/p>\n

With that plan in mind and seeing as how those four regions, Kiev, Cherkassy, and Poltava are either entirely or partially east of the Dnieper, Russia might add to its list of demands by calling for the creation of a\u00a0totally demilitarized \u201cTrans-Dnieper\u201d region controlled by non-Western peacekeepers<\/a>. This could either complement its original demand for demilitarizing the entirety of Ukraine or be presented as a compromise in exchange for letting Ukraine do whatever it wants on the other side of the river.<\/p>\n

Regardless of whether that proposal is put forth, Putin\u2019s newly announced buffer zone plan shows that Russia is expanding its goals, which makes sense considering that it\u2019s winning and that Ukraine still refuses to comply with its demanded concessions for politically resolving the conflict. The longer that Ukraine refuses to agree to peace on Russia\u2019s terms, the more land that it stands to lose, which might ultimately be much more than anyone expects\u00a0if the US soon abandons Ukraine<\/a>\u00a0in order to cut its losses.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSat, 05\/24\/2025 – 08:10<\/span><\/p>\n

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