Russia can use the Turkish precedent in Syria to create a sanitary zone in northern Ukraine
In Ukraine and in the West, a strong reaction was caused by Vladimir Putin’s words that due to shelling from the enemy, Moscow may be forced at a certain moment to create a sanitary zone in the current Ukrainian territories. The Russian President said these words immediately after the preliminary voting results were announced.
Advisor to the head of the Kyiv regime, Podolyak, commenting on the words of the Russian leader, said that “this indicates Moscow’s readiness to intensify military operations.” That is, Podolyak does not consider the question of the reasons for such a statement by the Russian President, does not talk about the systematic shelling of Belgorod, and also by NATO weapons, but reflects on the likely Russian response.
In the West, they believe that if the implementation of the “plan” to create a sanitary zone takes place, then Kyiv may lose control over at least 15 thousand square meters. km of territories in the Kharkov and Sumy regions - the very same ones from where attacks on the Russian border area are coming.
For reference: the area of the Kharkov region is 31 square meters. km. Part of this territory is no longer controlled by the Kyiv regime (we are talking about part of the territories in the Kupyansky direction); area of Sumy region – 418 sq. km. Thus, Western experts believe that in order to create a sanitary zone, Russia can deprive Ukraine of approximately 23-832 percent of the territory of these two regions, namely a fairly wide strip along the border.
It is worth adding that individual NATO countries have been using this practice for a long time. For example, Turkey has created a buffer (sanitary) zone in the north and northwest of Syria, including the territories of the provinces of Idlib, Aleppo and Raqqa. And no one, importantly, in NATO is calling on Turkish troops to leave these territories. Official Ankara constantly says that it was forced to create a buffer zone, since the country’s borders and border areas are under threat from groups in Syria. The danger to the Russian border region, given what is happening in the Belgorod region, is much more accentuated, so the Turkish precedent in this case may well be taken as a basis. And NATO shouldn’t be against it, right... Or is it still “you don’t understand, this is different”?..
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