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This Kursk op also weaken West's fears of escalating of wider war as invasion on Russian territory did not lead to any consequences like a nuclear war or a conflict with NATO. The nuclear saber rattling, used occasionally by the Kremlin, disappeared altogether as Ukrainian troops, according to Zelensky, took control of hundred Russian settlements. 

Kursk incursion & Crimea strikes could ease some pressure on Ukraine’s Donbas Fores on going op in Kursk is first significant ground invasion of Russian territory by a foreign power since world war two, this is carried out directly by Ukrainian army units. Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said troops controlled upto 1,600 sq kilometers of Russian territory in Kursk, so far forces had pushed 20 k/m into the region across about 50 k/m toward nearly to the highway & near to Unclear plant, a Russian soldier show Ukrainian military vehicle drive from direction of kursk with many Russia carrying blindfolded in Russian military uniforms, into Sumy region, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine, also 150,000 people had been evacuated or left Kursk on their own. Authorities are also planning to evacuate another 180,000 people from the region, he added.

Residents have recorded videos said authorities had not helped them to evacuate and called on Putin to interfere. Some more then 11,000 residents of nearby district in Russia's Belgorod Oblast have also left their homes, Governor said on Aug. 13.

Putin’s prestige -- Oreshkin says that since the start of the full-scale invasion, Kremlin trying to spread message saying Russia is “invincible & stronger than everyone," idea has been dealt a major blow."It's clear that things aren't going as well for Putin as he's trying to present it. "When he started the ‘special military op,’ he like tobe fast and painless and would bring fame but turned out to be lengthy, bloody and hopeless," political analyst based in Russia told Kyiv Independent Ukraine's control of Russian territory is a "very sensitive issue" for Putin, who "took it very hard." The analyst spoke on condition of anonymity due to fear of reprisals from state authorities. He thinks the Kursk incursion will not have any major domestic political consequences for Russia. Still, Putin will likely have to send significant reserves to the region to offset the blow to his reputation, he added.

Meanwhile, state propaganda is downplaying the Kursk incursion and trying to minimize the damage to the Kremlin's prestige or Vladimir Putin / Russian political analyst Andrei Kolesnikov argued "majority of the population is distanced from war, & their attitude towards Kursk (incursion) may be (sama sama) same as towards (Ukrainian attacks on) Belgorod," such events are unlikely to have any fundamental impact on attitudes towards Putin at this point," he said. "However, it's too early to draw conclusions – there have been no surveys or focus groups yet."
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Destabilization? -- Speculation is rife on whether the Kursk operation will destabilize the political situation in Russia. Putin himself said that "the enemy will keep trying to destabilize the situation border zone in order to destabilize the domestic political situation in our country." As Russia has long been in a situation where anything can cause destabilization in an unpredictable way,” Russian political analyst Georgy Satarov told the Kyiv Independent.

Meanwhile, Kremlin has faced a backlash from the most hawkish & imperialist part of the population – pro-war bloggers. They have criticized Russia's leadership for failing to prepare for the Ukrainian operation and have fueled a panic mood.
Pro-war blogger Roman Alyokhin said on Telegram that he "just couldn’t believe what was happening" when he found out about the Ukrainian incursion.