This map published by the Institute for the Study of War on May 13, 2024 shows the battlefield situation in Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast. Last week, Russian forces launched a new offensive in the area.

Putin Ally Shares Map Of 'Buffer Zone' Covering All Of Ukraine. Published May 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM EDT. By . Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK.

Russia's former president Dmitry Medvedev has unveiled an extreme vision of a "buffer zone" inside Ukraine that would stretch nearly to the Polish border, eliminating space for NATO-aligned ...

The advance may be linked to Moscow's attempts to create "buffer zones" along the border, Ukrainian regional authorities say.