{"id":630462,"date":"2026-07-05T18:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T18:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=630462"},"modified":"2026-07-05T18:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T18:35:00","slug":"russias-buffer-zone-on-ukrainian-border-expanding-as-result-of-worsening-drone-attacks-kremlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=630462","title":{"rendered":"Russia&#8217;s Buffer Zone On Ukrainian Border &#8216;Expanding&#8217; As Result Of Worsening Drone Attacks: Kremlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Russia&#8217;s Buffer Zone On Ukrainian Border &#8216;Expanding&#8217; As Result Of Worsening Drone Attacks: Kremlin<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Russia has announced that one key measure that will be taken in response to Ukraine&#8217;s ramped-up drone attacks on Russian territory, including last month&#8217;s major strikes on the Moscow area, is the significant expansion of the border &#8216;buffer zone&#8217; between the waring countries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>A security buffer zone on the Russian-Ukrainian border is conditioned by the aggressive nature of the Kiev regime <\/strong>and the Russian military is engaged in this process systematically reaching the appropriate progress,&#8221; presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/2155885\">said<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/putinmiluni.jpg?itok=KacdvbCl\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/putinmiluni.jpg?itok=KacdvbCl\"><\/a><\/p>\n<figure role=\"group\" class=\"caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"02be1bbc-89e3-4bcb-8d39-44c6fc1444e5\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/putinmiluni.jpg?itok=KacdvbCl\" width=\"500\" \/><figcaption><em>Source: Kremlin\/Reuters<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In essence this is the Kremlin saying that Russian forces plan to permanently take over territory deeper into Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Based on the aggressive nature of the Kiev regime and in order to insure the safety of our citizens, we are setting up a security zone, or the so-called, buffer zone,&#8221; Peskov continued. &#8220;This buffer zone is being created systematically. We do register significant results regarding the terms of our troops\u2019 advancing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There area should be no in no one doubts that it would will be serve to <strong>extend the necessary area ensuring our security<\/strong>,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our troops are advancing,&#8221; Peskov continued. &#8220;No one here should have any doubt that our military is proceeding systematically, and we are seeing concrete results.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He cited the taking of Konstantinovka: &#8220;This is a milestone, it is the most important step towards taking the common fortified area of Kramatorsk and Slavyansk,&#8221; he claimed according to TASS.<\/p>\n<p>President Putin has of late been taking steps to strongly signal he&#8217;s committed as ever to completing the war aims of Russia&#8217;s &#8216;special military operation&#8217; &#8211; despite reports of nationwide fuel shortages, and also a full-blown gasoline supply crisis in Crimea.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin released footage on Friday evening of the 73-year old Russian leader visiting an auxiliary command post to meet with the chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<p>Putin wore a military uniform, which Russian state sources described as a sign of his resolve to<strong> &#8220;finish off the terrorist neo-Nazi vermin&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>English-language RT&#8217;s response: &#8220;&#8230;seems to desire for that security zone to begin on the Polish border.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Putin: &#8220;The more strikes the enemy attempts to carry out on our civilian facilities, the larger the security zone we will have to create in adjacent territories.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the current Kiev regime seems to desire for that security zone to begin on the Polish border.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chikhi Cato (@KatoHus56872326) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KatoHus56872326\/status\/2073333669507301464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The scene appeared aimed primarily at the West, which has been questioning Moscow&#8217;s resolve due to the now frequent Ukrainian drone hits on sensitive energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump has also lately appeared to pivot back to wanting the resolve the Ukraine conflict, while still seeking permanent offramp regarding to the Iran war crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Sun, 07\/05\/2026 &#8211; 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