Russia has lost up to a battalion of North Korean soldiers. These figures cover only losses in the Kursk region over the past two days, states Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy said that he had listened to a report by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that on 3 and 4 January, near the village of Makhnovka in Kursk Oblast, the Russians lost up to a battalion of infantry soldiers made up of North Koreans and Russian paratroopers.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy reports heavy losses for Russian and North Korean troops in the Kursk region, claiming up to a battalion was wiped out near Makhnovka.