For a successful counteroffensive in the Kursk region, the Russian army will need to significantly increase the size of its forces by redeploying troops from the front in Ukraine, reports the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). The Russian military command has more than tripled the number of troops in the Kursk region due to the capture of several settlements in the region by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The report recalls a statement by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said that Russian forces have concentrated 40,000 troops in the Kursk region and plan to amass a total of 60,000 to 70,00…