Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 5, 2024
May 5, 2024 - ISW Press![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/ISW%20Logo%20%28slider%20image%29_257.png?itok=vwMN0nQ1)
The Russian military reportedly redeployed a battalion of the 76th Airborne (VDV) Division to Kursk Oblast as part of a larger ongoing Russian effort to gather an operationally significant force for a possible future Russian offensive operation against northeastern Ukraine and Kharkiv City.