Around deployed in the Russian Kursk region have entered combat this week against Ukrainian forcesa senior kyiv government official announced to the Japanese news agency Kyodo on Tuesday.
According to this unidentified source, “intense fighting” on the front in which there has already been casualties among North Korean soldiersinformation that is in line with what was announced on Tuesday by the United States.
Vladimir Putin’s troops have already launched the counteroffensive in Kursk with the idea of retake areas occupied by Ukrainian forces before Donald Trump’s inauguration as president of the United Statesscheduled for January 20, to have an advantage in hypothetical future negotiations.
For its part, Ukrainian troops try to retain the Russian region with their best-equipped units, such as the 47th brigade, at the cost of lowering their guard at other points on the front line, such as Donbas.. And both Putin and the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, want to accumulate assets for negotiation.
Russia occupies another town in eastern Ukraine
The consequences of focusing all efforts on Kursk are that kyiv is losing territory in other parts of its country. The Russian authorities announced this Thursday the seizure of another town located in the province of Donetskeastern Ukraine.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has indicated in a statement published through its Telegram account that the troops of the Center group have taken control of the town of Ascensionwithout kyiv having commented for now.
Likewise, it has confirmed fighting with Russian forces in the towns of Zelenoe Pole, Leonidovka, Druzhba, Dzerzhinsk, Sujaya Balka and Dimitrovall of them in Donetsk, without giving details about casualties in the clashes.
