Analysts at the American Institute for the Study of War report that the Russian military-political command does not intend to transfer troops from other areas of the front to the Kursk region in order not to disrupt its offensive operation in eastern Ukraine.
ISW reported this information, as reported by URA-Inform.
According to ISW experts, the Russian military authorities prefer to rely on units already deployed in the border area and on reserves available in the rear of the Kursk region. Analysts note that most of the military formations in the region are conscripts and irregular formations intended to counter the situation that has developed in the Kursk region.
«These units will likely be the first to respond, even if the Russian military command decides to transfer additional, more experienced units from other parts of the theater of operations, the report says.
In addition, the Russian command sent there forces from unspecified operational reserves, additional units staffed by conscripts, special forces of the GRU, special operations forces, additional Chechen special forces “Akhmat”, as well as the 1st army corps of the so-called “DPR” and former servicemen of the PMC “Wagner”.
It is possible that now the Russian military command is transferring more experienced and better equipped front-line units from eastern or southern Ukraine to the Kursk region, but it will probably take additional time for such units to arrive in the Kursk region,” writes ISW.
One of the Russian military bloggers reported that units of the 44th Army Corps (Leningrad Military District) of the Russian Northern Group of Forces are operating in the Rylsk area in the Kursk region. However, the blogger suggested that the Russian command may be transferring forces that had been accumulated for an offensive operation in the north of the Kharkov region.
The Institute for the Study of War noted that if this is so, then Moscow may consider the disruption of the offensive operation in the north of the Kharkov region a necessary sacrifice in order to avoid redeployment from more priority areas of the front. Experts stressed that major redeployments of Russian troops from frontline areas will likely occur more slowly, and more combat-ready units may begin to arrive in the Kursk region in the coming days.
Recall that earlier it was reported how Ukraine could use the captured part of the Kursk region: Bild named the options.
