The Russian border turns into a theater

Operations of Ukraine in the Kursk region and possible further raids across the border put the Kremlin and the military command of the Russian Federation before choice: whether to consider the international border with Ukraine as a legitimate front line, which must be protected, not the area of ​​the theater Autumn 2022. About it reports "Institute of War Study" in the summary of August 11.

"Moscow's response may require from the Russian military command to consider the need for living strength and equipment to protect the international border as part of the campaign plan throughout the theater of war, and therefore may impose long -term restrictions on operational planning that Russia has not previous - reads the publication.

After the withdrawal of Russian troops from Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy regions in the spring of 2022, and Kharkiv counter -offensive in the fall of that year, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, in fact, considered the international border with Ukraine as an inaction front. The Russian and Ukrainian forces conducted routine sabotage and intelligence measures, fired from closed positions and put border strikes along the border from the fall of 2022.

But all this, apparently, did not cause significant fears in Russia to protect the territory of the Russian Federation in the area. Earlier, the Russian Federation concentrated the rear elements in the border area, trying to distract and block the Ukrainian forces along the border. But the accumulation of the Armed Forces in the area, apparently, did not cause concern in the Russian forces.

The Russian military activated part of this "sleeping line of front" when an offensive operation in the north of the Kharkiv region in early May 2024 in an attempt to expand the front line further to northeast . "The current Ukrainian invasion is a significant threat to Russian military operations in Ukraine and the stability of Putin's regime, and requires answers," ISW said. Recall that analysts have told what settlements in the Kursk region occupied the Armed Forces.