[Korrespondent] 15:41 By Monday, October 28, 5,000 North Korean soldiers will be transferred to the Kursk region, The New York Times reports, citing a high-ranking Ukrainian official. According to him, the soldiers are part of an elite unit of the Korean People's Army. They will be delivered from Vladivostok by Il-76 transport planes to a military airfield in the European part of Russia, and then sent to the combat zone.
The official also said that there were mixed signals about whether additional North Korean troops would be sent to participate in the fighting on Ukrainian territory. They are currently concentrated only in the Kursk region.
Meanwhile, the first secretary of the DPRK mission to the UN, Il Ha Kim, denied the transfer of Korean troops to Russia. He claims that these accusations against Pyongyang are "dirty maneuvers by the US and its allies to mask their own crimes and prolong the conflict in Ukraine."
October 25
14:40 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense intercepted conversations between servicemen of the 810th separate marine brigade of the 18th army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces, which is participating in combat operations in the Kursk direction. In the intercepts, the Russians discuss preparations for the reception and distribution of DPRK servicemen (code name - battalion "K").
To organize interaction, it is planned to assign one translator and three Russian servicemen to every 30 servicemen from North Korea. However, the Russians themselves express doubts about the possibility of providing the newly arrived with Russian command staff.
14:33 Soldiers of the 44th Separate Artillery Brigade showed how they wrote the radio dictation of national unity in Sudzha:
14:28 Syrsky denied Putin's statement about the alleged encirclement of Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine called this "blatant disinformation that does not reflect the real situation." According to Syrsky, Ukrainian troops continue active operations in the Kursk direction, destroying the enemy's combat potential for the third month in a row.
According to the Commander-in-Chief, from August 8 to the present, Russian troops in the Kursk region have lost 17,819 people, of which 6,662 were irretrievable losses, 10,446 were medical losses, and 711 were captured. During this period, the Russian army also lost 45 tanks, 256 armored combat vehicles, 565 vehicles, 99 artillery systems, and five multiple launch rocket systems.
13:04 Zelensky reported that he had heard Syrsky's report, including on the progress of the Kursk operation: "We are implementing our tasks. The buffer zone on Russian territory protects Ukraine from Russian attempts to expand the war in the east of our country and ensures tangible Russian losses. The Commander-in-Chief reported on the fulfillment of tasks by our units in certain areas of the Kursk region."
10:31 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports, citing geolocation footage, that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have advanced in the Kursk region, in particular to the southeast of Korenevo as part of the main "Ukrainian bridgehead." Geolocation footage indicates successes by the Ukrainian army along the Snagost River north of Darino. The Ukrainian Armed Forces also hold positions in Darino and Nikolayevo-Daryino.
09:00 The General Staff showed the "road of death" in the Kursk region - "a path paved with destroyed enemy equipment, a burnt-out trail left by the enemy when he suffered defeat." The 155th Marine Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces suffered the greatest losses of equipment.