This represents nearly half of the skirmishes over the past day, as the military reported 218 clashes across the front.

This represents nearly half of the skirmishes over the past day, as the military reported 218 clashes across the front.

Russia sent one of its top generals, General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, to organize Russia’s defense in Kursk Oblast against a renewed Ukrainian attack, The Telegraph reported on Jan. 5.

Soldiers from the 8th Separate Special Operations Regiment of Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SOF) have killed 13 North Korean servicemen in Russia's Kursk Oblast. Source: press service for the Special Operations Forces Details: SOF soldiers killed five North Korean fighters in a gunfight and another eight using drones during special operations.

Ukrainian forces on Sunday launched a new offensive inside Russia's western Kursk border region, going on the attack with substantial forces.

Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believe that the intensification of the Ukrainian defence forces' offensive in Kursk Oblast may indicate a new stage in the Ukrainian defence operation in Kursk,

Analyst refrained from making any concrete predictions. "Ukrainian troops recently achieved tactical successes while continuing intense offensive operations in the Ukrainian salient in Kursk Oblast on Jan.