The analysts reported that Russian troops advanced near Kurylivka in Kursk Oblast. Read also: North Korea bolsters Russia’s war effort with new troop deployment "The enemy has made gains by deploying a significant number of North Korean armed forces personnel,

Pyongyang has sent around 11,000 soldiers to help Putin's army repel an incursion by Ukraine's military into the Kursk region in August.

Pyongyang will provide more troops to Russia, who will be deployed to the Kursk region, according to South Korea's intelligence agency.

Russian forces advanced further in Kursk region on Monday as part of a major encirclement operation aimed at forcing thousands of Ukrainian soldiers to either flee or surrender in western Russia, pro-Russian war bloggers said.

South Korea's spy agency also said there appears to be a deployment of fresh North Korean troops. This comes after reports of earlier heavy losses.

North Korea's Storm Corps were asked to stand down by Russian Generals in late January but they have now been redeployed. effectively attacking Ukrainian defence lines in Kursk

South Korea’s spy agency says North Korea appears to have sent additional troops to Russia, after its soldiers deployed on the Russian-Ukraine fronts suffered heavy casualties The FBI has ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian special forces walked kilometers (miles) inside of a gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian units from the rear in the Kursk region, Ukraine’s military and Russian war bloggers reported, as Moscow moves to recapture parts of its border province that Kyiv seized in a shock offensive.