Russian President Vladimir Putin has continued to exaggerate Russia’s successes in the Kursk region, likely in an attempt to convince Russians of the capabilities of the Russian military to suppress the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ operations, reports the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW). On Friday, October 25, Putin gave an interview to the channel Rossiya 1, where he responded to his earlier statements made on October 24, claiming that Russian troops had blocked around 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers in the Kursk region. During the discussion, the dictator reiterated his assertion, stating …