A third Russian strike in three days on a civilian residential area in Ukraine killed at least 12 people, including a child, officials said Tuesday, as the war reached its 1,000th day. The strike by a Shahed drone in the northern Sumy region injured 11 others,

North Korea’s three brigades are conducting combat operations in Kursk and defending the neighboring Belgorod region, allowing Moscow to free up troops for an offensive in Ukraine. The North Korean military will likely learn to operate drone technology and use Russian weapons.

North Korea has sent Colonel General Kim Yong Bok to lead the North Korean troops in Russia. This general is one of the ten most important military figures in North Korea and often acts as an aide to Kim Jong Un.

North Korea recently supplied additional artillery systems to Russia to support its war efforts against Ukraine, while some of the thousands of North Korean troops deployed in Russia have begun engaging in combat,