What’s old is new again as Russia’s wider war on Ukraine grinds toward its fourth year. During World War II, some armies—the British Army, in particular—bolted metal spans to the top of tank chassis and used the resulting “funnies” to rapidly erect bridges across vehicle-halting gaps on the battlefield.

The 67th Separate Mechanized Brigade repelled an assault of Russian troops near the village of Zhuravka in Sumy Oblast on the border with Russia's Kursk Oblast, according to the brigade's Jan. 15 statement.

Russian forces allegedly targeted a nursing home facility in the Ukrainian-controlled territory of the Kursk region.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that some 38,000 Russian troops have been killed or wounded fighting in Russia's western Kursk region since August.

Ukraine’s continued focus on Kursk shows how important Kyiv believes it is to hold on to Russian land, especially if Trump pushes both sides to the negotiating table.

Ukraine's fresh offensive in Kursk comes nearly six months after Kyiv first sent troops into the western Russian region.

A Ukrainian mopping-up group encountered one surviving North Korean fighter who had set an unsuccessful trap. The soldier attempted to mislead the Ukrainian soldiers and then detonated a grenade to avoid capture,

Ukraine has captured two North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian forces in the Kursk region. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the soldiers, who were wounded, received medical care under the Geneva Convention and were transported to Kyiv for interrogation.

According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the estimated 12,000 North Korean troops deployed in the Russian region could all be either dead or wounded by April.

Estonian intelligence head Ants Kiviselg says that Russian forces are encountering increasingly critical issues with artillery, their primary weapon on the battlefield. The appearance of North Korean artillery systems among Russian units on the front line indicates such problems,

North Korean soldiers in Russia's Kursk region reveal their tactics and preparation, highlighting advanced equipment and significant losses in the ongoing war.