The attack aims to tilt the battlefield in Ukraine’s favor — even while Russia advances in Ukraine’s Donetsk region — in a full-scale war instigated by Russian President Vladimir Putin in February 2022 during which his forces initially aimed to quickly topple Ukraine’s leadership and subjugate the country.

But back home, Russian authorities now plan to equip 60 main public transport stations in Kursk with reinforced concrete shelters. Smirnov said similar shelters will be installed in the cities of Zheleznogorsk and Kurchatov in the Kursk region.

Meanwhile, the first Ukrainian military office in Sudzha inside Russia was launched under the command of Ukrainian Army Major General Eduard Moskaliov to provide humanitarian…