The Command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation rests with the constituents in counteracting the breakthrough of the Armed Forces in the Kursk region - ISW

This is stated in the report of the American Institute of War Study (ISW) for August 9, 2024. "The Russian military command seems to be entrusted to existing units, deployed in the international border, and on easily accessible forces in the rear, most of which are units equipped - The report says. Analysts have specified that these units are the first to respond, even if the Russian military command decides to transfer additional, more experienced units from other parts of the front.

"The Russian military command is currently resisting operational pressure on the redeployment of forces from other operational directions, to prevent the Ukrainian invasion to break Russian offensive operations in eastern Ukraine," the ISW said. Analysts recalled that at the beginning of the Ukrainian breakthrough in the Kursk region there were Russian servicemen of conscripts, FSB border guards and units of Chechen special forces "Akhmat".

The Russian military blogger associated with the Kremlin stated that the Russian military command had set the Russian special forces to "clean up" the breakthrough zone and push Ukrainian troops back across the international border, and several other Russian military bloggers expressed confidence that the forces of Russian They are the most capable Russian forces that can respond to the Ukrainian breakthrough.

The ISW also noted that the Russian military command could have transferred the reserves of the Russian African Corps to the Kursk region from the Krasnodar region. ISW stressed that they were unable to check this statement. Recall that in the report of the American Institute of War Study (ISW) on August 8, analysts named possible options for "revenge" of the Russian Federation for a breakthrough in the Kursk region.