Moscow has intensified its attacks on Ukrainian forces battling to hold an enclave in Russia's Kursk region and increased pressure in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine's top army commander said on Tuesday.

Reclaiming Kursk is high on Moscow's agenda but comments by Valery Gerasimov failed to address the continuing presence of Ukrainian troops on Russian soil.

The assessment of drone vulnerability differs from an on-the-ground testimony obtained by the Kyiv Independent, in which a Special Forces serviceman disclosed how North Korean troops were well-protected by Russia’s electronic warfare,

Russia initiated a prisoner-of-war exchange for the first time ever amid Ukraine's military campaign in Kursk Oblast. Source: Dmytro Lubinets, Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights, in an interview with Quote: "In 2022-2023 and the first half of 2024,

MOSCOW - Russia's Investigative Committee said on Friday that people had been killed and wounded in a Ukrainian missile attack on the town of Rylsk in Russia's Kursk region. Read more at straitstimes.

North Korean soldiers have seized their first village from Ukrainian troops in Russia's Kursk region, according to reports.

Ukraine's HUR military spy agency said on Monday that North Korean units fighting for Russia sustained losses of at least 30 soldiers killed or wounded around several villages on the front in Russia's Kursk region over the weekend.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that Russia had begun deploying North Korean soldiers to storm Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region.

Ukraine launched a devastating missile strike on a town in Russia's Kursk region, just 43 miles from a major nuclear power station.The attack reportedly involved the use of HIMARS missiles, which caused extensive damage to civilian infrastructure in Rylsk.

“They are performing quite well,” Ukrainian war correspondent Andrii Tsaplienko said of the 47th Mechanized Brigade’s dozen or so surviving Abrams. Ukrainian crews have praised the M-1’s thick protection and accurate fire controls.

Six people were killed and ten more were hospitalized in the Friday strike, Kursk acting Governor Alexander Khinshtein said.