Mr Vladimir wants an additional side dish of "Buffers" with his Order!

[Juin]

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This has left Mr Volodymyr, the Chaplinesque Maître d'Hôtel of the once magnificent Bandera Hilton, at wits end. Every effort at evicting Mr Vladimir has been unsuccessful. Mr Vladimir is turning out to be the hotel guest from hell. Mr Vladimir has been piling up bills since 2014 when he first took up residence. To add insult to injury, Mr Vladimir, who fancies himself something of a Tsar, has been trashing up the place endlessly! Visitors to the hotel have dried up. The presence of the frightful Mr Vladimir having set many to flight in the dead of the night.

Rumours abound that Mr Vladimir shoved a few guests, who were tardy in leaving the Bandera Hilton, out the top floor windows. And without parachutes! Some who made a successful escape wound up in hospital suffering from food poisoning. Mr Vladimir is also rumoured to dabble in poisons. Polonium poisoning for the lucky. Lucky because they get weeks to live. That's because, unlike the black mamba whose venom brings instant death, Mr Vladimir's polonium is slow acting. The survivor cheats death by weeks, if not months. Each day is a challenge, but the patient lives.

Now you begin to appreciate the fix the Maître d'Hôtel of the Bandera Hilton is in. Why not just call the cops, you might ask. Well Mr Volodymyr has tried numerous times. Sheriff Joe was well meaning and did all he could for the Bandera Hilton but the Sheriff's efforts were hampered by his advanced senility. The current Sheriff, Sheriff Trump, is quite good. A real life Man with No Name. Except much angrier and much more eccentric than Sergio Leone's fictional character. Sheriff Trump is the man who can put an end to poor Volodymyr's nightmares.

The problem for poor Volodymyr is that, unfortunately, Sheriff Trump may be an effective Sheriff, but he is a Sheriff for Hire. And Volodymyr is peniless. Mr Vladimir on the other hand is loaded with cash. Sheriff Trump will rather do business with Mr Vladimir from Moscow. An exasperated Volodymyr begged, on his knees for Sheriff Trump to show some mercy. Volodymyr even agreed to share all future profits from the Bandera Hilton with the Man with No Name. Sheriff Trump remained unmoved. He could get that and more from Mr Vladimir. Furthermore, unlike the clown Volodymyr, Mr Vladimir is a very effective manager and business man. With Mr Volodymyr, Sheriff Trump has to actually fight, and wait years to see a dime. With Mr Vladimir, Sheriff Trump does absolutely nothing, Mr Vladimir does all the work. Mr Vladimir actually doesn't want Sheriff Trump to do anything. Mr Vladimir in fact begs the Man with No Name to do nothing. How can any Sheriff for Hire turn down Mr Vladimir?

This is getting rather long. But I do find the tale of the two Vladimirs a most fascinating one.

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But Putin did suggest during a trip to Kursk that Russia will be In need of buffer zones.

Are these buffer zones likely to be very large?

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/europe/russia-buffer-zone-ukraine-border-intl

 

[multivita-man]

This has left Mr Volodymyr, the Chaplinesque Maître d'Hôtel of the once magnificent Bandera Hilton, at wits end. Every effort at evicting Mr Vladimir has been unsuccessful. Mr Vladimir is turning out to be the hotel guest from hell.

More like a crackhead squatter lol

 

[phoenix2020]

If Vladimir wants buffers, there is nothing stopping him from designating his own land as a buffer.

 

[multivita-man]

 

[Mycroft]

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This has left Mr Volodymyr, the Chaplinesque Maître d'Hôtel of the once magnificent Bandera Hilton, at wits end. Every effort at evicting Mr Vladimir has been unsuccessful. Mr Vladimir is turning out to be the hotel guest from hell. Mr Vladimir has been piling up bills since 2014 when he first took up residence. To add insult to injury, Mr Vladimir, who fancies himself something of a Tsar, has been trashing up the place endlessly! Visitors to the hotel have dried up. The presence of the frightful Mr Vladimir having set many to flight in the dead of the night.

Rumours abound that Mr Vladimir shoved a few guests, who were tardy in leaving the Bandera Hilton, out the top floor windows. And without parachutes! Some who made a successful escape wound up in hospital suffering from food poisoning. Mr Vladimir is also rumoured to dabble in poisons. Polonium poisoning for the lucky. Lucky because they get weeks to live. That's because, unlike the black mamba whose venom brings instant death, Mr Vladimir's polonium is slow acting. The survivor cheats death by weeks, if not months. Each day is a challenge, but the patient lives.

Now you begin to appreciate the fix the Maître d'Hôtel of the Bandera Hilton is in. Why not just call the cops, you might ask. Well Mr Volodymyr has tried numerous times. Sheriff Joe was well meaning and did all he could for the Bandera Hilton but the Sheriff's efforts were hampered by his advanced senility. The current Sheriff, Sheriff Trump, is quite good. A real life Man with No Name. Except much angrier and much more eccentric than Sergio Leone's fictional character. Sheriff Trump is the man who can put an end to poor Volodymyr's nightmares.

The problem for poor Volodymyr is that, unfortunately, Sheriff Trump may be an effective Sheriff, but he is a Sheriff for Hire. And Volodymyr is peniless. Mr Vladimir on the other hand is loaded with cash. Sheriff Trump will rather do business with Mr Vladimir from Moscow. An exasperated Volodymyr begged, on his knees for Sheriff Trump to show some mercy. Volodymyr even agreed to share all future profits from the Bandera Hilton with the Man with No Name. Sheriff Trump remained unmoved. He could get that and more from Mr Vladimir. Furthermore, unlike the clown Volodymyr, Mr Vladimir is a very effective manager and business man. With Mr Volodymyr, Sheriff Trump has to actually fight, and wait years to see a dime. With Mr Vladimir, Sheriff Trump does absolutely nothing, Mr Vladimir does all the work. Mr Vladimir actually doesn't want Sheriff Trump to do anything. Mr Vladimir in fact begs the Man with No Name to do nothing. How can any Sheriff for Hire turn down Mr Vladimir?

This is getting rather long. But I do find the tale of the two Vladimirs a most fascinating one.

......


But Putin did suggest during a trip to Kursk that Russia will be In need of buffer zones.

Are these buffer zones likely to be very large?

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/europe/russia-buffer-zone-ukraine-border-intl

The buffer will end up being as large as Vladimir wants it to be.

 

[ataraxia]

The buffer will end up being as large as Vladimir wants it to be.

Probably the size of the entire continent of Europe.

 

[uptower]

I'll be surprised if Trump doesn't give Putin whatever he wants

 

[Mycroft]

I'll be surprised if Trump doesn't give Putin whatever he wants

Trump can't give Putin anything.

 

[uptower]

Trump can't give Putin anything.

Yes he can. He can concede. He can stay out of it. He can reduce assistance to Ukraine. He can ease sanctions if he wants - or at least try. There's a lot he can do for Putin. One might argue he has already done a lot by undermining Ukraine and Zelensky so far.

 

[Cosmo]

This has left Mr Volodymyr, the Chaplinesque Maître d'Hôtel of the once magnificent Bandera Hilton, at wits end. Every effort at evicting Mr Vladimir has been unsuccessful. Mr Vladimir is turning out to be the hotel guest from hell. Mr Vladimir has been piling up bills since 2014 when he first took up residence. To add insult to injury, Mr Vladimir, who fancies himself something of a Tsar, has been trashing up the place endlessly!

Oh well, at least it's not my place. Keep the dead orcs coming, Zelensky! Still plenty of vacancies left in Hell.

 

[Juin]

The buffer will end up being as large as Vladimir wants it to be.

That's the beauty of it. Officially, Mr Vladimir is asking for 4 Oblasts. Unofficially, it is 4 Oblasts and undetermined slices of other Oblasts.

 

[Juin]

Probably the size of the entire continent of Europe.

That will cause major digestion problems. Mr Vladimir is still a human, not an anaconda

 

[Rogue Valley]

That will cause major digestion problems. Mr Vladimir is still a human, not an anaconda

Your beloved Mr. Vladimir is a wanted war criminal.

 

[Roadvirus]

That's the beauty of it. Officially, Mr Vladimir is asking for 4 Oblasts. Unofficially, it is 4 Oblasts and undetermined slices of other Oblasts.

And in the end, he'll get nothing.

End of story.

 

[Roadvirus]

That will cause major digestion problems. Mr Vladimir is still a human, not an anaconda

No real human being would encourage their military to do what Russia has done in the last 3 years.

 

[Tangmo]

Putin's grand strategy has become to claim a defensive "buffer zone" which is false.

What Putin wants is a strategic escalation of his barbarian war deeper into Ukraine and closer to NATO borders from northeast Ukraine. Putin is setting up for a long term and permanent conflict in Ukraine as his base against Poland and the Baltic states. He is looking for more satellite zones in Ukraine and beyond rather than simply more territory. Putin is not looking to end his barbarian war in Ukraine.


From the Lansing Institute....

Buffer Zone or Expanding Front? Putin’s Strategic Shift in Ukraine and the Contradiction of Trump’s Narrative - Robert Lansing Institute

Russian President Vladimir Putin recently declared that Russia may need to create a “buffer zone” inside Ukrainian territory to protect Russian border regions

lansinginstitute.org

If not checked, the “buffer zone” policy will evolve into a “satellite zone” strategy—where Russia aims to reassert control over not just Ukrainian territory, but the political sovereignty of neighboring states. The buffer zone is not a defensive concept, but a doctrinal step toward permanent conflict management under the Karaganov worldview that "Russia must be ready for "an era of confrontation with the West." Putin’s framing of it as a necessity for “Russian security” masks its true purpose: to expand Russian influence, challenge NATO’s eastern frontier, and fracture Western unity.

The West must treat the buffer zone plan as a strategic escalation—one that contradicts claims of Russian interest in peace and signals that the Kremlin is preparing for a multi-front confrontation lasting years, not months. Partial mobilizations will continue incrementally; the Russian economy is already over 30% militarized [and is] using fear of NATO and long war rhetoric to prepare Russian society for decades-long conflict. (emphasis exists in original text)


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The numbnuts Trump meanwhile thinks Putin wants the proverbial off ramp out of the war. Which is why Trump is totally baffled, confused, confounded and lashing out at Putin. Putin all the while damn well knows Trump is a moron and an imbecilic sap who Putin has always totally had his way with because there's a Trump born every minute.

 

[ataraxia]

That will cause major digestion problems. Mr Vladimir is still a human, not an anaconda

Not sure about that. To know who people really are, watch what they do, not what they say.

 

[Tangmo]

Since last year Putin has wanted to push Western attack missiles deeper and back into Ukraine rather than he himself keep repositioning his forces and supply depots back further into Russia and away from Ukraine where the Western longest range missiles are positioned.

Putin declares buffer zone: What Ukraine says

Read more

newsukraine.rbc.ua

However, ISW notes that there is currently no reason to believe that Russia is close to achieving such goals. Analysts estimate that over the past week, the Russians have advanced only 1.2 km on a frontline section up to 4 km wide. They explain that such a pace and scale of the offensive is too small to talk about a breakthrough. According to RBC-Ukraine's sources, Russia still plans to focus its main efforts on two strategic tasks during the summer and fall offensive campaign. And one of them is the formation of a so-called buffer zone 15-20 kilometers deep, primarily in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions.

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Given Putin's "Buffer" Baloney we know what we've suspected all along is true. Which is that Putin does need to push Western attack missiles deeper into Ukraine and beyond their range of striking Russia itself as the intermediate range missile batteries have been doing, but there's still much more to it than only that. It's that Putin wants more territory than he's ever claimed and that he wants more territory as satellite zones of Russia because they would be closer to NATO borders with Poland and the Baltic states. And that Putin intends to hunker down for "an era of confrontation with the West" exploiting Ukraine as his forward base of operations against Europe in its historically brutalized east where Russia is a dirty word.

The positive news for Ukraine and Europe is that this too will continue to be a long and costly slog for Putin where he continues to spin his wheels indefinitely. So it's always been true Ukraine is the place to stop Putin by bogging him down right there, which is where Putin still is for going on several years of inching.

 

[coyote505]

Putz is welcome to create a buffer zone as wide as he likes On Russian Territory!

 

[coyote505]

That will cause major digestion problems. Mr Vladimir is still a human, not an anaconda

BS