Five months after their shock offensive into Russia, Ukrainian troops are bloodied by daily combat losses and demoralized by the rising risk of defeat in Kursk.

North Korean soldiers involved in the conflict in Russia's Kursk region are reportedly facing heavy losses and lack of support from Russian allies. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy highlighted the challenges these soldiers face,

Ukrainian forces launched an incursion into Russia’s Kursk region in August, a move that undermined Russia’s military prestige and forced it to redeploy troops from eastern Ukraine, where its offensiv