Perhaps the Russians feel that if Ukraine is going to fire missiles deep into its territory, it is going to need a bigger buffer. From Tyler Durden at zerohedge.com:
Following several more cross-border attacks from Ukraine, including direct drone hits on Russian oil facilities over the past 48 hours, Russian forces have launched a surprise ground offensive which seeks to break through front lines in the northeastern Kharkiv border region on Friday.
“Russia launched a new wave of counteroffensive actions… Ukraine met them there with our troops, brigades, and artillery,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed of the new action in a briefing. “Now there is a fierce battle underway.”
Civilians have also been witnessed fleeing border areas in droves as heavy fighting ensues. Already Moscow forces have penetrated at least 1 kilometer deep in what’s being described as an effort to create a larger ‘buffer zone’ in order to help prevent Ukrainian attacks from reaching Russian territory.
Ukraine’s defense ministry said that the new offensive began at 5am local time with armored vehicles leading the charge of infantry troops in this major effort to effectively push the border itself deeper into Ukraine territory.
Four battles for Kharkov in WWII!
Das Buffer?
The Germans used it as such.
These things happen when Satanic sodomite sewer pipes and their vassals supply weapons.
LOL! Yahoo says no losses for the Ukrainians and holding all ground.
Give that one to the Georgian people.