Putin says Russia wants buffer zone in Ukraine’s Kharkiv but has no plans to capture the city

Putin says Russia wants a buffer zone in Ukraine's Kharkiv but has no plans to capture the city

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday during a visit to China that Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region aims to create a buffer zone but that there are no plans to capture the city. The remarks were Putin’s first on the offensive launched May 10, wh...

Putin Floats Creation of Buffer Zone in Northeastern Ukraine, Says Conquest of Kharkov City Is Not in Russia's CURRENT Plans

There’s no question that the 30 thousand troops involved in Russia’s Northern Kharkov Oblast offensive are not nearly enough to undertake a conquest of a major center like Kharkov city with over 1 million people.

Putin says Russia wants a buffer zone in Ukraine's Kharkiv but has no plans to capture the city

By ILLIA NOVIKOV |  ASSOCIATED PRESS KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday during a visit to China that Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region aims to create a buffer zone but that there are no plans to capture the city. The remarks were Putin’s first on the offensive launched May […]

Russia not seeking Kharkiv capture, claims Putin

Russia's president says he is not after Ukraine's second-largest city - but wants to create a "security zone".

Putin says Russia is carving out a buffer zone in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region

MOSCOW, May 17 — President Vladimir Putin said today that Russian forces advancing in Ukraine’s northeast were carving out a buffer zone to protect Russia from attacks and said the West was “sick in the head” if it thought it could dictate terms to Moscow. Speaking to reporters on a state visit to China after discussing Ukraine during talks with Xi Jinping, Putin said that Russian troops were advancing to plan after repeated deadly Ukrainian str…

Putin: Russia seeking to create ‘buffer zone’ near Kharkiv and has no plans to capture city ‘as of today’

Russia has no plans to capture Kharkiv “as of today,” President Vladimir Putin said Friday while on a visit to China. Speaking at a press conference in the city of Harbin, Putin claimed that Russian forces are conducting offensive operations in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region in order to create a “buffer zone” to prevent attacks on Russian border areas.  “As for what’s happening on the Kharkiv front. This is also [Ukraine’s] fault, because they have sh…