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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia wants to create demilitarised buffer zones inside Ukraine around areas it has annexed, an ally of President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, saying it might be necessary to push deeper into Ukraine if such zones cannot be set up.
More than a year into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Putin's core war aims remain unfulfilled despite Russian control of nearly a fifth of the country.
Neither side shows any sign of laying down arms. Hundreds of thousands of Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or seriously wounded, according to Western military estimates.
Former President Dmitry Medvedev, who casts himself as Putin's most publicly hawkish official, said Russia needed demilitarised corridors around the areas it is claiming - and which Ukraine says it will never accept Russian control of.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-wants-demilitarised-buffer-zones-134300389.html
Hey Medvedev
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(24,528 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,615 posts)then negotiate from there. Fuck off, Putin. I am watching Dr Strangelove on TCM as I write this.