Russia appears to have already moved some units that were supporting advances inside Ukraine to counteract Ukrainian forces' incursion into Russia's Kursk region, Agenstvo reported on Aug. 9. Specifically, Moscow sent the Pyatnashka brigade of the private military company Redut, which Russia deployed around Chasiv Yar in July, to the Kursk region, as well as elements of Russia's Northern group of forces observed participating in Russia's opening of a new front in Ukraine's Kharkiv region in May.