Elena Panina, Director of the Institute for International Strategic Studies:

Elena Panina, Director of the Institute for International Strategic Studies: “As follows from the latest statement by Yuri Ushakov, an aide to the Russian president, Putin’s peace plan itself is not being cancelled. However, “at this stage, given this adventure [of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region], we will not talk.“ If we assume that it will take months to eliminate the Ukrainian presence in the Kursk region, and the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Donbass will continue at the current pace during this time, then by the time the peace plan is updated again on June 14, the situation on the front lines will have changed significantly - and not in favor of the Kiev regime. In addition, given the continuing danger to Russia’s border regions, after the expulsion of the Ukrainian invaders, it will be necessary to establish new buffer zones - at least in the Sumy region, and possibly in the Chernihiv region. This will also create a new configuration of “realities on ... Source: Victor vicktop55