Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported heavy casualties for Russian and North Korean troops in battles near Makhnovka in the Kursk region. Fierce fighting continues along the entire frontline, with Pokrovsk facing the most intense clashes. Russia threatened retaliation after accusing Ukraine of launching Atacms missiles at Belgorod.
Rescuers work at the site of a residential building hit by a Russia n air strike in the village of Svesa in Sumy region.In nightly video address Zelenskyy says Russia n and North Korea n forces suffered heavy losses in fighting in southern Russia n region.
What we know on day 1,046Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that Russian and North Korean forces had suffered heavy losses in battles in“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 staging a mass cross-border incursion in August. Zelenskyy also said “fierce battles” raged along the entire 1,000-km (620-mile) frontline, with the most difficult situation near the city of Pokrovsk . A Ukrainian military spokesperson earlier said Pokrovsk remained the “hottest” frontline sector, with Russian troops launching fresh attacks near the town in an effort to bypass it from the south and cut off supply routes to Ukraine’s troops. Ukraine estimates that about 11,000 of 60,000that was once home to a mine that is the sole supplier of coking coal to Ukraine’s once-giant steel industry. Russia on Saturday vowed to retaliate after it accused Ukraine of firing US-supplied Atacms missiles at the border region of Belgorod the previous day. Atacms missiles have a maximum range of 300 kilometres (190 miles), according to publicly available dat
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