The ISW calculated how much time the Russian Federation is needed to create a "buffer" that Medvedev threatened

Medvedev threatened the occupation of most Ukraine for the creation of a "buffer zone", only part of the Volyn and Lviv regions - a strip along the border with Poland. Prior to the creation of the buffer, Russian officials have already called on repeatedly, the idea is to bring the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation beyond the reach of long -range systems provided by the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces by Western partners.

Analysts have mentioned that the Kremlin regularly makes requirements for Ukraine for territorial concessions and promotes the concept of the so -called "Novorossiysk", which covers the entire southern and eastern parts. According to them, Medvedev's statement is part of Moscow's long -term strategy, designed to justify aggression and long -term land occupation.

In addition, ISW emphasized that Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to use massive shelling and increasingly aggressive rhetoric to distract from the "bad work" of his troops. "Putin is likely to intend to strike from a long distance and use aggressive rhetoric in order to cause feelings of hopelessness in Ukraine and in the West, as well as to convince European capitals and the United States to give up further assistance to Ukraine, fake Russian victory as an inevitable," - said.

They estimated that at the present pace of promotion to the creation of such a "buffer", as Medvedev depicted, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will take about a century. In addition, the price of this area is almost 50 million victims, considering the pace of hostile losses. In 2025, on average, the invaders moved at a speed of 14. 3 square meters per day. At such a rate, only for the admiration of the rest of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions of Russia it takes 3. 9 years.

The "buffer zone", which was threatened by Medvedev, includes 587 459 square kilometers of Ukrainian lands. It would take about 91 years to capture such volumes of the enemy. According to media reports, the average loss of Russia is 1500 people on average. That is, to create a "buffer" Kremlin would have to put about a third of its population in Ukraine - almost 50 million people. So many occupation troops would have died in more than 90 years.

"These estimates suggest that Russian troops will be able to support the current rates of promotion and do not take into account a number of geographical and defense barriers that Russian troops will have to overcome to capture the remaining 80 percent of Ukraine. Kherson region; They mentioned that many of these purposes of the Armed Forces were unable to reach at the beginning of the war, during which they did not show the ability to quickly step in different directions.

ISW has quotes that Russia will significantly improve its army. We will remind, on DeepState on May 26 reported that Russian troops advanced in two directions. The Armed Forces General Staff stated that the enemy was attacking positions, using the advantage of living power. Also on May 26, the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Oleg Ivashchenko told what amount of mobilization resource the Russian Federation has. Since the beginning of the full -scale war, 1.