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So, have these people gotten training in areas that are important and
are now being wasted?
"personnel from security and logistics companies, engineers, mechanics,
some officers, and servicemen from a Russian spaceport. There are also personnel from special warehouses of the Aerospace Forces and radar
stations in Russia's Voronezh region, who were previously in charge of
manning Russia's nuclear deterrent."

from https://www.newsweek.com/russia-aerospace-forces-troops-kursk-incursion-1940995

Russia Deploying 'Space Troops' to Defend Kursk
Published Aug 19, 2024 at 5:41 AM EDT
Updated Aug 19, 2024 at 7:25 AM EDT

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Everything We Know about Ukraine's Kursk Offensive in Russia
By Isabel van Brugen
News Reporter
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Russia has deployed a regiment of its Aerospace Forces to defend the
Kursk region due to a manpower shortage amid Ukraine's ongoing
incursion, according to an independent investigative Russian outlet.

President Vladimir Putin's so-called "space troops" have been tasked to
push back Ukraine's forces after Kyiv launched a cross-border raid on
August 6 in Kursk, seemingly catching Moscow off guard, Important
Stories reported on Sunday.

Ukrainian tank crew take a break
A Ukrainian crew takes a break while operating a Soviet-made T-72 tank
in the Sumy region, near the border with Russia, on August 12, 2024.
Ukraine launched a surprise offensive into the Russian border region...
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Ukrainian forces have so far seized control of 1,150 square kilometers
(444 square miles) of Russian territory and 82 settlements in Kursk, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrsky, said
on August 15.

The scale of the offensive is significant—Ukraine is now reported to
have seized more territory in the Kursk region in days than Russia has
captured in Ukraine since the beginning of the year. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's troops are showing no signs of slowing down.

It also marks the first time that foreign troops have seized Russian
territory since World War II.

Newsweek has contacted Russia's Defense Ministry for comment by email.

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Citing a source familiar with the matter, Important Stories said a
temporary motorized rifle regiment of Russia's Aerospace Forces has been deployed to Kursk, which borders Ukraine's Sumy region.

The unit, created between May and June, consists of personnel from
security and logistics companies, engineers, mechanics, some officers,
and servicemen from a Russian spaceport. There are also personnel from
special warehouses of the Aerospace Forces and radar stations in
Russia's Voronezh region, who were previously in charge of manning
Russia's nuclear deterrent.

The Institute for the Study of War, a U.S.-based think tank, said in its
latest analysis of the conflict on Sunday that the Kursk incursion is
also forcing Russia to redeploy its troops from the front line in
Ukraine. The ISW added that "likely subsequent phases of fighting within
Russia will require more Russian manpower and materiel commitments to
the area."


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The think tank cited an article published by The Wall Street Journal on
August 17 that reported that some 5,000 personnel had already been
redeployed from Ukraine to Kursk by August 13.

That report "partially coheres with a report that Russian forces had
redeployed up to 11 battalions to the front line in Kursk Oblast as of
August 11," the ISW said.

"Russian forces have redeployed additional forces to Kursk Oblast since
the first week of the Ukrainian incursion and have likely redeployed
more than 5,000 personnel to Kursk Oblast overall," the ISW added. The
think tank said that exact amount of manpower and material Putin will
need in Kursk will depend on how heavily Zelensky's troops defend the
newly captured settlements.

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