According to Ukrainian intelligence, around 12,000 soldiers from North Korea have been deployed to the Kursk region.
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Around 12,000 soldiers from North Korea have been deployed to the Kursk region.
North Korean soldiers have been stationed at observation posts and checkpoints in Russia's Kursk Oblast as a second echelon not involved in direct combat
Ukrainian soldiers were instructed to hold as much territory as possible until Trump's inauguration and the start of negotiations, with potential for exchange.
Russia dispatched a general to Kursk Oblast to investigate why North Korean soldiers were not receiving adequate food rations.
SOF fighters cleared positions and forced remaining enemies to surrender, replenishing the exchange fund.
Survivors of the engagement replenished the exchange fund, with one group of three occupiers captured.
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