The Ukrainian military’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region has had a significant impact on the entire theater of operations and will influence both Russian offensive and defensive capabilities even after the current advance on Pokrovsk is concluded, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). According to a report citing an interview with the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi by CNN on September 5, the Ukrainian operation in the Kursk region has disrupted a planned Russian attack on the Sumy region and reduced the threat of a Russian incursion in…