Russian military bloggers say Ukrainian forces have made little progress in Kursk Oblast amid a general slowdown in Ukrainian operations as Russian forces continue their attempts to stabilize the front line in the area.
This is stated in the daily analysis of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
Ukrainian officials continue to discuss ongoing Ukrainian operations in Kursk Oblast and offer their interpretations of the political impact Ukraine may be aiming to cause.
Continued Ukrainian operations in the Kursk region have a tangible impact on defense, logistics and security in Russia.
The Russian government continues to make efforts to recruit personnel to support operations in the Kursk region.
The commander of the Chechen Spetsnaz "Akhmat" Apti Alaudinov appears to pose as a Russian defense spokesman in Kursk Oblast, but his claims are consistently false and largely contradict the claims of relatively reliable Russian military bloggers.
On the night of August 13-14, Ukrainian forces launched a large series of drone strikes against Russian air bases in Russia, damaging several airfields.
Georgia's ruling party "Georgian Dream" continued the narrative, repeating the Kremlin's information operation designed to justify violence by Russia against the territorial integrity and sovereignty of countries that were formerly colonized by the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire.
Russian forces advanced north of the city of Kharkiv and southeast of Pokrovsk.