The Russian military command recently transferred elements of at least one Russian airborne regiment (Airborne Forces) from the western part of Zaporozhye Oblast in response to Ukraine's incursion into Kursk Oblast, possibly in an effort to stabilize lines and improve command and control over Russian conscripts.
This is stated in the daily analysis of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
The Russian military command has largely committed elements originally intended for the Russian offensive in the northern part of the Kharkiv region, to the defense of the Kursk region.
The Kremlin may be taking steps to address its border vulnerabilities amid Ukraine's incursion into Kursk Oblast and after a series of failed long-term efforts to improve Russian border security.
On August 22, Ukrainian forces made minor advances across their stretch in Kursk Oblast amid ongoing Russian efforts to halt their advance.
Recent Russian advances toward Pokrovsk appear to have caused Ukrainian forces to withdraw from limited positions southeast of Pokrovsk, and Russian forces likely failed in their apparent objective of tactically encircling Ukrainian forces in the area.
The pace of Russian air operations is reported to be slowing across most of the theater of operations, although this reduced pace may be temporary and the reason for it is unclear.
On August 22, Ukrainian forces carried out a series of successful strikes on targets in the Volgograd region and Krasnodar region.
Russian forces have recently advanced north of Siversk, within Chasiv Yar and southeast of Toretsk and Pokrovsk.
The head of the Committee on Information Policy in the State Duma of Russia, Alexander Khinshtein, said on August 21 that the Russian Union of Journalists and the Ministry of Digital Development submitted to the Council of Ministers a bill proposing to grant veteran status to journalists , worked in Ukraine, in the area of the "anti-terrorist operation" in the Kursk region and in other unspecified combat zones.