Putin’s Endless Trouble in Kursk is Just About to Start

It will keep getting worse

Shankar Narayan
6 min readOct 11, 2024

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It has been two months and a week since Ukraine invaded Russia’s Kursk Oblast. After initially downplaying the situation, Putin quietly mobilized troops from various parts of occupied Ukraine and Kaliningrad to counter the Ukrainian forces in Kursk.

Russian troops in Kursk Oblast, Russia

The number of Russian troops increased from 10,000 in August to 30,000, in September and it has now reached 50,000. An additional 10,000 are already on the move to Kursk. The Russians have no choice but to raise this number, as what is currently stationed there, along with the reinforcements, will still not be enough to push the Ukrainian forces out of Kursk.

In September, I noted that Russia would need to shift more troops to the south of the Seym River, which they have done, moving a significant number of their well-equipped units to this section.

So, why am I saying the Russians still do not have enough, despite relocating more than 10% of their…

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Shankar Narayan

He didn't care what he had or what he had left, he cared only about what he must do.