Kyiv destroys command post in Kursk after drone assault on Putin's oil refineries - Volgograd governor Andrei Bocharov says a fire temporarily broke out after a Ukrainian drone attack

On August 6, Kyiv began the military operation into Kursk, which appeared to take Russian President Vladimir Putin and even Ukraine's allies by surprise. Kyiv later announced it had seized 500 square miles at what was then the lightly-defended border of the Russian region.

The Special Operations Forces (SOF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have confirmed that North Korean troops have been absent from Russia’s Kursk region for around three weeks. — Ukrinform.

North Koreans are privately questioning why Ukraine has suddenly become their enemy, sources told Radio Free Asia.

Around 11,000 North Korean troops were sent to Russia in an attempt to recapture parts of the Kursk region which were seized by Ukrainian soldiers in a surprise attack last summer. But North Korea has suffered huge losses with around 4,000 killed or ...

A British man captured fighting on the Ukrainian side in Russia's Kursk region will face terrorism and mercenary charges that could see him jailed for years, Russian state investigators said on Thursday.

A ministry statement said 11 of the 17 drones were downed between 7:50 p.m. and 10 p.m. Moscow time (1650 GMT and 1900 GMT) over the Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces hold a chunk of territory since staging a cross-border incursion last August.

Ukraine is holding parts of Kursk as Trump pushes for negotiations with Russia. That has the potential to work out well for Kyiv.

Ukraine still has a foothold in Russia’s Kursk region—a potential key bargaining chip in any deal to end the conflict—and even launched some smaller offensive operations earlier this month. Yet Russia has retaken half of the territory that Ukraine seized in its summer offensive.

AFU’s General Staff says that operations targeting Russian command posts will continue until Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is completely ended.

North Korean troops have not been seen on the frontlines in Russia’s Kursk region for several weeks, a Ukrainian military official said Friday, amid reports of mass casualties among Pyongyang’s forces.