‘We already have a death zone’: Zelenskyy calls buffer zone plan for Ukraine ‘big mistake’

“I’ll tell you about the buffer zone. This is a big mistake. We already have a buffer zone. I’m trying to explain this to all these experts and so on,” Zelenskyy said when asked how he envisions a US-backed “buffer zone.”

The president added, “This is a new war.”

“Today we have drone lines. Unfortunately, but it’s true, not only us — the Russians too. They’re doing the same thing we are,” Zelenskyy said.

He explained that drones wipe out everything that enters the so-called “death zone.”

“These lines, the drone lines… We have a death zone from 10 kilometers to 20 kilometers. Different places, different points between us. So any tank, armored vehicle, motorcycle, anything that comes into this 10-kilometer zone — everything burns. Everything is destroyed by drones,” Zelenskyy stressed.

Therefore, he said, the “buffer zone” is already in place.

“If they’re talking about a buffer zone between us — that’s nothing today,” he added.

On Aug. 28, Politico, citing European diplomats, reported that European leaders are considering creating a 40-kilometer buffer zone along the front line as part of a potential peace deal between Ukraine and Russia.

On Aug. 29, Zelenskyy said only those who don’t understand the current technological state of the war are suggesting such a measure.

“Only those who don’t understand the state of the war today, its technological state, propose a buffer zone of 40, 50, 60, I even heard 100 kilometers. This is a completely different story. Today heavy weapons are already kept 10 plus kilometers apart because everything is struck by drones. This buffer zone, I call it a ‘death zone,’ some call it a ‘gray zone’ — it already exists,” he said.