In Maryino, located in the Kursk region, a North Korean general was wounded in an attack on a sanatorium. Several other North Korean officers were killed, according to Financial Times. As a source for the agency reports,

"Russia's own troops are not enough" to push Ukraine out of the Russian border region, Kyiv's top commander has said.

Moscow's soldiers have 'recently advanced' in the segment under Ukrainian control in Kursk, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).