Deflection and downplaying: Putin’s response to Kursk invasion off to a shaky...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/14/does-the-old-man-still-have-it-in-him-how-will-putin-respond-to-kursk-invasion
The longer the incursion lasts, the harder it is for Russia’s president to brush it off as a hiccup in a successful war