Russian forces secure a significant victory in the Kursk region, with over 10,000 North Korean troops now involved. Ukrainian soldiers surrendered after Russia captured five of their positions with minimal casualties.

Experts tell Andy Gregory and Tom Watling that the real question is how much Kyiv’s troops are able to inflict casualties on the Russians as the price for taking the territory back

The U.S. says there will be a "firm response" as Ukrainian forces holding ground in Russia's Kursk region now face North Korean troops "engaging in combat."

A mass of Russian and North Korean troops is expected to target Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region of Russia.

The reconsolidated 47th Mechanized Brigade, its people and vehicles no longer scattered across a wide front in western Russia, is directly in the Russians’ crosshairs in Kursk. On Tuesday, 30 Russian vehicles barreled toward the 47th Mechanized Brigade in five waves.

Russian troops, including soldiers disguised as Ukrainians, briefly broke through the frontlines in the northeast, a sign that Moscow is successfully pressuring Kyiv. Four waves of Kremlin fighters descended on the re-conquered city of Kupiansk on Wednesday,

Ran by National Security and Defense Council, the CCD stated that recent Russian assaults in Kursk Oblast were repelled. CCD head Andriy Kovalenko described the situation in the region as “stable.” According to Kovalenko,