Ukrainian President Zelenskyy confirmed the deployment of North Korean soldiers alongside Russian troops in the Kursk region, where Russia launched new assaults. Zelenskyy reported significant Ukrainian losses in the hundreds. Russia's Defense Ministry claimed to have repelled a Ukrainian counterattack in Kursk. Elsewhere, a Ukrainian strike on Makiivka in the Donetsk region resulted in one fatality and ten injuries. Russia also reported shooting down 36 Ukrainian drones, while Ukraine claimed to have shot down 67 and jammed 71 Russian drones.
In this photo taken from a video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, a Russian self-propelled multiple rocket launcher Uragan is fired toward Ukrainian position at an undisclosed location in the Kursk region border area.
According to Zelenskyy, a “significant number” of enemy troops were destroyed. He gave no details but said the losses were in the hundreds.
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