Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy reports significant Russian, North Korean troop losses in Kursk

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that Russian and North Korean forces had suffered heavy losses in battles in southern Russia. “In battles yesterday and today near just one village, Makhnovka, in Kursk region, the Russian army lost up to a battalion of North Korean infantry soldiers and Russian paratroops,” Zelenskyy said. “This is significant.” He provided no specific details. A battalion can vary in size but is generally made up of several hundred troops. Ukrainian and western assessments say that 11,000 North Korean troops are deployed in the Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces occupy swathes of territory after

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