"It's creating a buffer zone immediately south of Belgorod city, but there's still areas and northwestern Kharkiv Oblast and Sumy, of course, that Ukrainian forces could use to strike into Belgorod."

Russia's suggestion of creating a "buffer zone" is flawed and will likely fail to stop strikes on Belgorod, says Riley Bailey from ‪@UnderstandingWarOrg‬

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