Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on China to exert influence on North Korea in response to the deployment of North Korean soldiers alongside Russian troops in the Ukraine war. “The Korean nation should not lose its people in the battles in Europe. And this can be influenced, particularly by Korea’s neighbours, especially China,” Zelensky…
(Reuters) – Two Ukrainian missiles and 27 drones were destroyed over Russia’s Kursk region, the governor of the region that borders Ukraine said on Sunday. It was not immediately clear what missiles were destroyed. Kursk regional governor Alexei Smirnov did not provide further details in a post on his Telegram channel. The Ukrainian military later…
A tank from the Russian 810th Naval Infantry Brigade. Russian state media capture As many as 8,000 North Korean troops have deployed to Kursk Oblast in western Russia, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday. U.S. intelligence indicates the North Koreans will join the fighting along the 270-square-mile salient that Ukrainian forces carved out…
Over the last month, North Korea’s role aiding Russia in its war in Ukraine has significantly escalated. U.S. officials reported that North Korean soldiers are already operating in the Kursk region in western Russia, where Ukrainian forces are staging a counteroffensive. Michael Shear, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, explains what the…
The U.S. has said North Korean troops may have been deployed to a key front in Russia’s war against Ukraine, as speculation grows over how the international community may respond to a third party entering combat. The U.S. confirmed on October 23 that Pyongyang was joining Russia’s war against Ukraine, a claim made days earlier…
Vladimir Putin’s troops have stepped up their counterattacks against Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region where they have made advances into Kyiv’s salient, it has been reported, as a map shows the latest state of play in the area. Kyiv had said that it has captured at least 500 square miles of territory in the…
Rybar, a Russian military Telegram channel, said that Russian forces were producing tangible results in several sectors. A video posted on Russian Telegram channels under the title “Announcement from the 155th Guards Brigade of the Pacific Fleet” showed badly injured Ukrainian soldiers with blood running down their faces tied to chairs in what appears to…
A Russian IMR-2. Russian defense ministry photo In the lead-up to Ukraine’s southern counteroffensive, which kicked off in June 2023, Ukrainian brigades equipped and trained for one of the most difficult maneuvers in land warfare: a breach. That is, a swift penetration of dirt and concrete fortifications by engineers and supporting vehicles—often under fire—so that…
Ukrainian forces have advanced in the southern Russian Kursk region, new maps show, as Kyiv plugs on with cross-border operations and contends with Russian gains in the east. Gains include southwest of the town of Korenevo, said the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a U.S.-based think tank. Footage geolocated to the Kursk region…