Battles are raging across the front in Ukraine, with heavy fighting reported in 214 locations, according to the evening situation report of the General Staff in Kyiv, with battles focused in the cities of Pokrovsk and Kurakhova in Donbass. There, Russian forces have made major territorial gains in recent days due to mass attacks.
“The situation there is and remains serious,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
In the city of Pokrovsk, Ukrainian forces are reportedly encircled at some locations, in some cases involving hundreds of men. However, in the Kursk region of Russia, where Ukrainian forces are still lodged, Ukraine is reporting heavy losses of North Korean soldiers for the first time.
A number of pro-Ukrainian accounts published footage of what they say are the bodies of North Korean soldiers covered in snow in a long row to X. The accounts claim North Koreans soldiers gathered the bodies of comrades at the front after heavy fighting.
It is currently not possible to verify those claims.
Probably the first losses of the North Korean army in battles with the Ukrainian army.
Unfortunately, unlike Ukraine's allies, Kim Jong Un sent his soldiers to help Putin
Now Ukraine is fighting against two armies of two nuclear states at once pic.twitter.com/aQFoCIRzoh
— Денис Казанський (@den_kazansky) December 15, 2024There are currently believed to be 10,000 North Korean troops in Ukraine.
Ukrainian forces also say they destroyed a Russian supply train using drones and missiles. Reportedly the SBU sabotaged the train in the Zaporizhia region, which left it stranded on the tracks. Then, Ukrainian forces hit the stalled train using HIMARS and then drones, setting the fuel cars on fire. Video of the attack was also published to X.
💥 Ukrainian partisans immobilized a Russian train transporting military fuel by planting mines on the railroad tracks in occupied Zaporizhia region and then Ukrainian forces destroyed the entire train with drones. pic.twitter.com/0SFm3gwpqk
— Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) December 15, 2024The military intelligence service HUR said the attack not only disrupted supply lines to troops, but also took out an important rail link for the Russian military for an extended period of time.
