Rubber band red lines: Ukraine's incursion into Kursk exposes Russian vulnerabilities
Ukrainian soldiers on the outskirts of Sudzha in the Kursk Region, August 2024 / Status-6 What was Vladimir Putin doing during this invasion? He visited Baku , Azerbaijan, inspected pear orchards in Kabardino-Balkaria , stopped by Beslan two weeks before the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attack there, observed Ramzan Kadyrov's son Adam shooting in Chechnya, held a “Conversation on Important Matters” lesson in a Tuva school, and visited Mongolia .