Reporting from Ukraine

North Korean forces withdrew after suffering heavy losses due to poor coordination with Russians, the language barrier, and inadequate adaptation to modern warfare, despite being well-equipped with advanced weapons.

Despite holding advantageous high ground positions, Russian forces struggle with extended supply lines and relentless drone attacks that neutralize their mechanized advantage on the way to their goal of reaching the city of Kupiansk.

Ukrainian drone operators exploit 40km Russian supply line near Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast, destroying 15 armored vehicles in 5 days.

A network of hardened roads through Velika Novoselivka makes the town the sole logistics hub in a 40-kilometer stretch of fields and settlements.

Ukrainian drones expose mass casualties as wave after wave of Russian assaults is crushed by artillery and reconnaissance-guided strikes.

Numerous Ukrainian strikes on Russia's frontline air defenses created a dilemma for Moscow - leave its troops exposed or pull replacement systems from Russia, exposing deep rear facilities.

Ukrainian forces turned captured Russian bunkers and Dragon Steel fortifications into a lethal trap in Kursk, creating a choke point that killed hundreds of Russian soldiers and destroyed over 30 armored vehicles.

Russian assault units attacking Pokrovsk face severe size restrictions, limited to four soldiers each due to insufficient cover in devastated villages along the approach.

Russian efforts to breach Ukrainian lines in Kursk Oblast faltered as their own dragon’s teeth and mud turned the battlefield into a trap.

Proximity to Pokrovsk allowed Ukrainian commanders to marshal forces undetected, preparing a counteroffensive.

Over a few days, Ukrainian drones hit oil depots in Russia's Voronezh, Kaluga, and Tula oblasts, and destroyed a Nebo-SVU radar, crippling Moscow's logistics.

Ukrainian drone operators systematically eliminate small Russian assault groups attempting to create a staging ground for Pokrovsk's encirclement.

After losing an army of tanks in previous assaults, Russian commanders' switch to fast-moving motorcycle raids near Siversk proves equally catastrophic against Ukrainian defenses.

Russian commanders’ nighttime infantry attacks backfired as Ukrainian forces, using advanced American optics, turned the darkness into a deadly trap for North Korean units.