Command has crossed Russian troops from time ravine to Kursk region - isw

According to analysts, such deployment can be affected by the pace of Russian offensive operations, but it will take several weeks to evaluate. The Russian authorities may have decided to relocate units from the direction of the Temporal Yar to the Kursk region during efforts to counteract the Ukrainian invasion.

On August 20, Russian sources stated that the units of the Russian 11th Brigade of the Airborne Air Force had struck the Ukrainian armored vehicles in the area of ​​the settlement of the Russian Konopelka, and the elements of the 11th brigade at the end of July operated near the time ravine. About it writes "Institute of War Study" in the summary of August 20. The units of the Russian 11th Brigade of the Air Force were reported near the time ravine as of the end of July 2024.

But the military command probably relocated the units of the 11th Airborne Brigade in an attempt to replace or strengthen the advanced units, not the units that participated in the frontiers. The ISW has previously noted that such deployment could be affected by Russian offensive operations, but it is likely that it will take a few weeks to notice the effects of such movements in Donetsk region.

ISW continues to estimate that the Russian military command is probably not extremely tuned to the withdrawal of Russian military units involved in battles from the more priority sectors of Donetsk region, as they are afraid of slowing down their operations in these areas.

Russian sources also argued that the forces of the Russian Federation relocated the units of the 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment (Leningrad Military District) to the Kursk region, and these units, according to some reports, operated in the north of Kharkiv in mid-July.

The Ukrainian military observer stated that the unintended part of the 4th Tank Division (Moscow Military District) was also operating in the Kursk region, and he also hinted that the troops operated in the area and before the emergence of the Ukrainian contingent. The ISW noted the signs that in the Kursk region, the Russian authorities are largely entrusted to a certain alloy of recruits, irregular and regular formations relocated from less priority frontal areas in Ukraine.