Below Senior Fellow Can Kasapoğlu offers a military situation report about the war in Ukraine. Executive Summary

Vladimir Putin’s forces are focusing on attacking on the outskirts of a key eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk amid reports of heavy troop losses.Around half of Russian attacks across the 620-mile front have focused on the area around the city,

North Korean troops seem to temporarily withdraw from one section of front in Kursk Oblast, military says Russia claims to capture Velyka Novosilka, Ukraine admits partial retreat but says battles ongoing Russia intensifies attacks near Pokrovsk,

North Koreans are privately questioning why Ukraine has suddenly become their enemy, sources told Radio Free Asia.

NORTH Korean troops fighting for Vladimir Putin have retreated from the frontline after nearly half of them were wiped out, a Ukrainian claims. The withdrawal comes as Kyiv eliminated one of

Pyongyang is to double the number of artillery systems it sends to Kursk, says Kyiv military intelligence chief

If Western support falters, Ukraine’s reserves of rare earth minerals will be left at the mercy of Russia and China. The global economy is growing more and more dependent on critical minerals—resources vital for technological advancement,

All North Korean recruits are taught a song that includes a verse about saving their last bullet for themselves to avoid capture, one former soldier told NBC News.

Trump’s new overture for bromance diplomacy came at a time when the US is expected to try to resolve the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. The situation in Ukraine is already complicated because North Korea has sent its troops to Russia to help fight Ukraine, according to Seoul’s National Intelligence Service.

Experts say Kim’s public demand for more weapons-grade nuclear material is a calculated move to take denuclearisation off the table.

Ukraine’s August cross-border offensive into Kursk, the largest incursion into Russia since World War II, continues to hold captured territory despite increasingly desperate Russian assaults.