Mr. Medvedev made the above comments after Russian President Vladimir Putin said on June 13 that Russia could consider establishing a demilitarized buffer zone in Ukraine to prevent Russian regions from being shelled.
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev. (Photo: RIA Novosti)
“We have taken into account that Ukraine could be supplied with weapons with a longer range, so the demilitarized zone should pass through the Lviv region, so that it could play a defensive role,” Medvedev said, referring to the major city in western Ukraine, near the Polish border.
Previously, on June 13, in response to accusations that Ukraine shelled the city of Shebekino in the Belgorod region, located 20km from the Ukrainian border, President Putin said, "he is considering whether to create a demilitarized zone on Ukrainian territory so that Kiev cannot access our territory."
Russia has repeatedly accused Ukraine of using Western-supplied weapons to attack civilian targets in Russia. In May, the UK supplied Ukraine with Storm Shadow missiles, which have a range of more than 250km. Moscow claimed the weapons were then used by the Ukrainian military to target civilians in the city of Lugansk. In July 2022, Russia announced that its forces had taken control of the Lugansk region in eastern Ukraine.
In recent weeks, the Ukrainian military has significantly increased artillery attacks on border areas with Russia, firing hundreds of shells and causing widespread destruction.
In March, Mr. Medvedev said that Russia wanted to create a demilitarized buffer zone inside Ukraine, around the area it had annexed. According to him, Russia needed to create a demilitarized buffer zone that would not allow the use of any weapons within a medium and short range, that is, 70-100 kilometers.
Mai Trang (VOV.VN/RT)
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