A Russian drone strike on a shipping facility here killed one civilian worker early Thursday, just 18 miles from where Ukrainian forces continue to hold territory in the Kremlin's Kursk region.

SEOUL -- A former sergeant in the North Korean military says that few of Pyongyang's soldiers have been captured fighting against Ukraine because they're told their families will be executed if they are caught alive.

RUSSIA has sentenced British fight James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, to 19 years in the gulag after he was brutally captured in the Kursk region. The ex British Army squaddie was sentenced by Russian

Russian nuclear regulator Rostekhnadzor has issued a location licence for the proposed third unit at the Kursk II nuclear power plant, allowing preparatory work to begin for construction.  ;

The rupture of U.S. intelligence-sharing with Ukraine, confirmed by the CIA director, involves the targeting of longer-range strikes inside Russia.

North Korea recently sent some 3,500 additional soldiers to Russia's Far East for field training, a South Korean lawmaker said Wednesday, with the possibility of soon being dispatched to the front lines.

Vladimir Putin met with Olga, the widow of Hero of Russia Sergei Chebnev. The President presented to her the Gold Star medal which was awarded to her husband posthumously.

The facility was reportedly used for planning attacks, including launching first-person-view (FPV) drones at Ukrainian positions. The Kyiv Independent could not independently verify these claims.

Pyongyang will provide more troops to Russia, who will be deployed to the Kursk region, according to South Korea's intelligence agency.