On Jan. 3 and 4, Ukrainian forces, led by President Volodymyr Zelensky, destroyed the equivalent of a battalion of North Korean soldiers and Russian marines in the Makhnovka area.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that Ukrainian forces destroyed the equivalent of a battalion of North Korean soldiers and Russian marines in the Makhnovka area during operations on Jan. 3 and 4.
Ukrainian forces control approximately 482 sq km of Kursk Oblast, with an additional 157 sq km as a gray zone in the Sudzha district
In battles yesterday and today near a single village, Makhnovka, in Kursk region, the Russian army lost up to a battalion of North Korean infantry soldiers and Russian paratroops.
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