Like it or not — the sanitary zone is expanding

The great geostrategist Putin once decided to joke and quoted a line from a crude joke about Sleeping Beauty. At that time, Putin meant Ukraine. But now this phrase can be applied to Russia.

The Kremlin elder wanted to create a buffer zone in the Kharkiv region, but instead, he got one in the Belgorod region. Then, he received about 1,000 square kilometers of territory in the Kursk region controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF).

Now we see that mandatory evacuation has been announced in two districts of the Kursk region — the Rylsky and Khomutovsky districts. The evacuation is being conducted for safety reasons, according to the governor of the Kursk region, Smirnov. Earlier in August, authorities announced evacuation in the Glushkovsky district, and this is where the main fighting is currently taking place. Things are not as rosy as the compliant war correspondents are reporting, and despite triumphant announcements about a Russian army counteroffensive, the clouds over the Russian forces continue to thicken.

Because the situation looks very different from what propaganda is claiming. The UAF is planning to flank the Russian forces that are counterattacking towards Lyubimovka. And if we think about the fate of the forces in the southern part of the Glushkovsky district, near Tetkino, the prospects are very uncertain.

Surprisingly, the buffer zone is now forming on territory that is quite far from the main combat zone, about 40 km from the main front line in the western direction of the Kursk region.

Recently, mobile UAF units calmly crossed the E101 highway and reached Khomutovka. This was not another thrust deep into the Kursk region but merely a test. The UAF units just as calmly returned back. It turned out that the border was again unguarded, even though the Russian forces in the Kursk region had already increased to 35,000 soldiers. In general, it’s the same as always — the border is locked, and the guard has the keys.

As for the residents of the new buffer zone, they need to prepare for their property to be looted by Russian soldiers, as has already happened in other places where evacuations have been carried out.