Putin doesn’t deny North Korean boots in war as ‘12,000 troops already seen in Kursk’ - 12,000 North Korean troops, including 500 officers, already in Russia, Ukraine military intelligence says

Disguised as Buryats and Yakuts, ethnic minorities from Siberia who have made up a disproportionate share of Moscow’s forces, the North Korean troops are part of a 12,000-strong force sent to help Russia retake the Kursk region,

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday it destroyed seven Ukrainian aerial drones, including four over the Kursk region and three over the Black Sea. Officials in Russia’s Bryansk region also reported several drones were shot down there overnight.