Russian troops have initiated a counteroffensive in the Kursk region, but no significant combat activities have been observed that would indicate a large-scale operation to completely drive Ukrainian forces from the seized areas, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russian forces have concentrated 40,000 soldiers in the Kursk region, though he did not specify the composition of this grouping. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) noted that it remains unclear whether the President’s figure refers exclusively to combat-re…