Although the North Korean troops were highlighted as a decisive escalation in the conflict, their performance appears to have fallen well short of expectations.

Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov said media reports that those troops have not been seen on the front lines there in weeks are “wrong.

North Korean troops in Russia’s Kursk region have pulled back from the front lines following heavy losses, US and Ukrainian officials say, while Pyongyang is reportedly preparing to deploy more forces ...

Russian forces face heavy losses in the Kursk region as they attempt to breach Ukrainian defenses, notably against the ...

Putin's army is throwing everything into capturing the key village of Sverdlikovo, which could dramatically change the ...

Thrusting forward with their vast manpower advantage, Russian troops are gradually penetrating Ukrainian defenses on the ...

Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov said North Korea has already provided Russia with 120 self-propelled artillery guns and 120 ...

Share The analyst draws attention to the fact that the BTR-D are most active on the western edge of the Kursk salient. What is important to understand is that in order for Russian soldiers to attack ...

The modified BTR-D vehicles have been observed most frequently on the western edge of the Kursk salient, where Russian forces have launched counterattacks since November. The Ukrainian military has ...

The Russians pile wooden planks on BTRs and roll them into a river. Russia is using a long-forgotten WWII technology to cross rivers in the Kursk region. Forbes observer David Axe writes that during ...

For Russians, meanwhile, the “Kursk Salient” of the second World War is at least as notorious. That too was three-quarters surrounded by Germans and led to the largest tank battle ever fought.