Conflict & Security
Kremlin: Security zone along Ukraine border won't be part of negotiations
October 16, 2026 at 05:27 PM · Updated 3h ago
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The Kremlin announced plans for a 660-kilometer security zone along the border with Ukraine, declaring it outside any future negotiations.
- The Kremlin said it is working to create a security zone that will not be part of any negotiations with Ukraine.
- The security zone will extend 660 kilometers along the border, with 450 kilometers currently under Russian control.
- Putin announced continued Russian strikes on Ukraine's military-industrial complex, in response to Kyiv's targeting of Russian oil and industrial facilities.
- Air raid sirens were activated in Kyiv warning of imminent drone attacks.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said 465 kilometers, or 70 percent, of the border security zone is currently under Russian control.
- Putin said the military was tasked, after the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk, with expelling Ukrainian troops and creating the security zone.


