Gerasimov, quoted by Reuters on Wednesday, said that the “buffer zone” was to be enlarged in the Sumy and Kharkov regions, near the border with Russia.
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Earlier, Russia announced retaliation in connection with the alleged attack on Putin's residence by Ukrainian forces on the night from Sunday to Monday. The authorities in Kiev strongly denied this allegation.
According to the RIA Novosti agency, Gerasimov inspected Russian units conducting combat operations in northeastern Ukraine. According to him, Russian forces are advancing in this area.
Putin has repeatedly said that the “buffer zone” is intended to push Ukrainian forces and weapons away from the Russian border in order to limit Ukrainian shelling and drone attacks on Russia's Belgorod and Kursk oblasts.
According to the authorities in Kiev, this is a concept intended to justify a deeper incursion of Russian forces into Ukrainian territory.
