Russian forces are capturing the northern part of the territory controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region, and have also made progress in the city of Sudzha. This has been facilitated by the involvement of North Korean soldiers in the clashes and the use of FPV drones equipped with fiber-optic cables,

Russia said on Tuesday that its troops had retaken over 100 square kilometres (38.6 square miles) of territory and 12 settlements in its Kursk region as part of an offensive to force the Ukrainian army to flee from western Russia.

A Russian offensive supported by North Korean troops in the past few days has made a serious advance in Russia's Kursk region northeast of Ukraine, breaking through Ukrainian positions and forcing them to withdraw to new defense lines,