Russia has pulled over 60,000 troops to Kursk Oblast to face Ukraine’s ongoing incursion as of early September, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with NBC News published on Sept. 3. “The idea and one of the goals of the Kursk Oblast (operation) was diverting Russian troops… to their territory,” Zelensky said. “Today, I can say that they pulled over 60,000 troops there.” This is a considerable growth from a figure previously presented by Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, who said in late August that Russia diverted 30,000 troops to the area. The Kyiv Independent could not …