Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed a new Ukrainian offensive in Russia’s Kursk region and said that North Korean troops were fighting alongside Russian forces there.
“In the areas of the Kursk operation, new assaults have taken place,” Zelenskyy said “Russia has once again deployed North Korean soldiers alongside its troops.”

Zelenskyy, a “significant number” of enemy troops were destroyed. He gave no details but said the losses were in the hundreds.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense said Saturday that it had repelled a Ukrainian counterattack in the Kursk region.
Russia said Friday its forces had captured the mining town of Toretsk in their latest breakthrough in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, where Ukrainian defenses are creaking. Ukrainian officials did not confirm the report.
South Korea’s military said last month that it suspected North Korea was preparing to send additional troops to Russia after its soldiers suffered heavy casualties.