The size of the Russian military grouping in the Kursk region is not catastrophic, as these forces have been accumulated over a long period. No significant transfer of Russian units from the front in Ukraine has been reported, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). The ISW notes that recent assessments by Western and Ukrainian experts regarding the size of the Russian force in Kursk do not significantly exaggerate. The Russian military has been gathering forces for several months in preparation for a future counteroffensive and the expulsion of Ukrainian forces from Russian ter…