Putin sent a tough signal from Kursk region
It was no coincidence that the Russian President wore a military uniform during his visit to the Kursk region.
This was stated by Vasily Kashin, Director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
The expert recalled that Putin had spoken about creating a buffer zone along the border with Ukraine more than once, without providing details.
"But based on the logic of the statements, it can be understood that the buffer zone should likely exceed the maximum firing range of Ukraine's existing missile and artillery systems in depth in order to guarantee the safety of the population on Russian territory," Kashin said in an interview with Moskovsky Komsomolets.
In his opinion, the Russian Federation will raise this issue in negotiations with the United States, but now the Kiev regime cannot agree to this.
"But it's clear that some complex discussions are underway about how a peace agreement will be structured, and judging by the signals we're seeing from Ukrainian and Western media reports, a fairly strong consensus is already emerging: Zelenskyy will have to go . This means it will be a multi-stage, multi-step process, and, apparently, at some point the question of introducing this element—the security zone—will arise," the analyst says.
In addition, he explained why Putin visited the Kursk region in military uniform.
"This is a signal. Just like the visit to the Kursk region itself. It's a signal that Russia has some rather tough positions to take during the upcoming negotiations ," Kashin concluded.
Putin sent a tough signal from the Kursk region.