 Russian army build multi-level defense on left bank of Kursan soon bloody battles will begin here Russian troops apply the lessons learned from the defense of the Zaporizia region and built multi-level fortifications on the left bank of the Nipro River in the Kursan region according to the ISW The general staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has acknowledged that Russian forces have a fairly serious line of fortifications in the Kursan region according to experts the occupiers in the Kursan region are holding the line in complex shelters built over several months Russian troops have also heavily mined the area around Krynki where Ukrainian forces are currently holding positions The occupiers do not deploy their forces on the direct front line on the eastern bank probably in an attempt to protect their personnel from Ukrainian artillery and drone attacks increasingly the Russian command in the Kursan sector has Refused to deploy additional forces from the 70th motorized rifle division and the 7th air assault division Preferring instead to keep the remnants of these formations in the near-rear areas and secondary defenses Russian troops in the Kursan region have reportedly not built any continuous visible defensive fortifications and appear to have built a deeply dispersed network of Individual fortifications located at a distance from the front line However, analysts believe that individual fortifications far from the contact line can only be effective if they remain hidden Fall and winter weather conditions may reveal some of the Russians hidden positions on November the 17th the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced that it had conducted a series of Successful operations on the left bank of the Nipro River in Kursan the armed forces managed to gain a foothold in several areas