Putin’s Stern Message to Kiev and EU: Security Zone to Expand

Russian President Vladimir Putin made significant statements following the capture of Konstantinovka, a stronghold city in Donbass, by Ukrainian forces. Italian newspaper L’AntiDiplomatico evaluated Putin’s words as a stern message to the Kiev administration and the so-called peace initiatives in the European Union.Putin’s warnings indicated that the security zone would be expanded as infrastructure attacks against Russia increase.

Our country will be forced to further expand its security zone in order to ensure its own security as long as the attacks on the infrastructure in Russia continue.

These statements demonstrated that Moscow’s fundamental suspicions about the “European pseudo-peaceful” have been confirmed. Putin emphasized that the extent to which the actors fueling the war in Ukraine are actually involved in the conflict is being carefully analyzed. The report by Russian General Staff Chief Valeriy Gerasimov to Putin on Konstantinovka coming under full Russian control was seen as a key to the complete liberation of the Donetsk People’s Republic.