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Russia was not prepared for a border breach in the Kursk region. It will have to redeploy troops from other directions, according to Janek Kesselmann, deputy commander of the Estonian Defense Ministry’s Intelligence Center. “It is likely that the armed formations of the Russian Federation were not prepared for the Ukrainian offensive in this region, and the attack came as a surprise to them,” he said. Kesselmann suggested that Ukrainian forces might have advanced 15 kilometers into the Kursk region. He does not rule out that Russia will be forced to redeploy units for defense. “It is possible …

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