ISW:

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 The Russian military command likely aims to rapidly push Ukrainian forces out of #Kursk Oblast in order to free up combat power for its priority offensive operations in Donetsk Oblast and to ease the theater-wide operational pressures that the Ukrainian incursion has generated.

https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-11-2024

#russia #ukraine