He and other Russian officials have repeatedly called for the establishment of buffer zones in northern Ukraine to place Russian cities out of the range of Ukraine's Western-provided long-range ...

Dmitry Medvedev wants a gigantic buffer zone in Ukraine to shield Russia from Western weapons. But it would take nearly a century for Russia to achieve at its current pace, ISW analysts said.

The ISW cast doubt on the likelihood of it ever being able to capture this territory. However, the Washington, D.C. think tank said that given Russian forces have advanced an average of 5.5 square ...