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Zelensky came up with a new idea, and the more Putin listened, the more familiar it sounded. Isn't this his own plan?

2024-08-20

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Remember a few months ago, the Russian army launched a massive attack on Kharkiv Oblast in northeastern Ukraine, and Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed in May that Russia had no interest in occupying the region, but only wanted to set up a "buffer zone" to protect the Russian border from attacks by the Ukrainian army. However, he himself probably did not expect that just three months later, Russia would be backfired because of these words.

Recently, under the incredulous gaze of the outside world, the Ukrainian army successfully invaded Russia's Kursk Oblast and even advanced triumphantly. The Russian side recently revealed that the Ukrainian side has controlled 28 settlements in Kursk and captured nearly 2,000 people. Putin, who listened to the battle report, looked even more solemn, deeply aware of the seriousness of the situation, and demanded that the Russian army drive the Ukrainian army out of Russia as soon as possible.

Putin orders Ukrainian troops to be driven out of Russian territory

However, compared with the reality that the Russian army is not doing well in the battle on its homeland, what both concerns and embarrasses Putin is the purpose of the Ukrainian army's offensive. After threatening to control thousands of square kilometers of territory in Kursk Oblast, the Ukrainian side publicly stated that the actions taken by the Ukrainian army in Kursk are not to occupy the area for a long time, but to seek to establish a "buffer zone" here to protect its border residents from Russian bombing.

It is not difficult to see that the words used by the Ukrainian side are almost exactly the same as Putin's original words. Combined with the current reality, it can be said that the irony is full. However, to be honest, the Ukrainian side probably does not intend to continue to attack Kursk, but wants to make Moscow "fear of the consequences". At present, Kiev's plan is divided into two steps. First, take advantage of the opportunity of the Russian army to evacuate the people in the area, advance the front line at all costs, expand the results, and then fight a tug-of-war with the Russian army on the controlled territory.