Experts tell Andy Gregory and Tom Watling that the real question is how much Kyiv’s troops are able to inflict casualties on the Russians as the price for taking the territory back

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia has deployed nearly 50,000 troops to Kursk, the southern Russian region where Kyiv launched its surprise counteroffensive in the summer.

Ran by National Security and Defense Council, the CCD stated that recent Russian assaults in Kursk Oblast were repelled. CCD head Andriy Kovalenko described the situation in the region as “stable.” According to Kovalenko,

Due to heavy personnel losses, Russia is deploying its 76th Air Assault Division to the Kursk region, with plans to resume offensive assault operations, stated Viktor Kravtsov, the acting head of the communications department of Ukraine’s 82nd Bukovyna Brigade of the Air Assault Forces.

Russia has amassed a large force of tens of thousands — including recently arrived North Korean troops — to carry out an assault on the Ukrainian positions in Russia’s Kursk region expected in the coming days,

According to a statement from the 95th Brigade on Nov. 14, Russian forces attempted to storm Ukrainian positions but failed. “Two days of active Russian assaults yielded them no gains. Thanks to the coordinated efforts of the 95th Air Assault Brigade and supporting units,