Northern Kharkov Offensive: A Russian Ruse, or a Dangerous New Front With Multiple Attack Waves? (VIDEOS)
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Putin stated that the Kharkov operation is not to 'take Kharkov the city' but to establish a sanitary zone. The Russians want to stop the shelling of Russian towns, so a 'sanitary' DMZ zone will prevent that. No equipment will be allowed in there - neither will armed groups. So, I believe the whole zone will be under heavy surveillance.
How wide this zone ultimately becomes is up to the West - i.e. the aim is to outmatch the range of the missiles that are lobbed over the border by trigger-happy 'Ukrainians' (prolly sheep-dipped). As Scott Ritter pointed out recently, the purpose may well be not to take the city of Kharkov as Putin states, but if the Zone gets big enough, it will swallow the city anyway.
Putin is doing what any Military leader would do to protect the troops. Just as we did at Khe Sanh in 68.