Russia appears ready to escalate its yearslong war with Ukraine, preparing tens of thousands of troops in southern Russia for what could be a new offensive with reinforcements from recently arrived North Korean troops.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala has discussed bilateral relations, the situation in the Middle East and the war in Ukraine with US President-elect Donald Trump. Source: ČTK, a Czech news agency, citing Fiala’s conversation with journalists on the sidelines of the COP29 climate summit in Baku,

Over the past week, Russia had been gathering forces in what appears to be preparations for a decisive push in the country's Kursk Oblast. In light of the recent advances of Russian troops in Donetsk,

Russia has massed “tens of thousands of troops” as part of a major effort to retake land in its Kursk region that was seized by Ukraine, according to the commander in chief of Kyiv's armed forces.

The Russian counteroffensive in western Russia’s Kursk Oblast is off to a bloody and chaotic start. After six days, Ukrainian drone operator Kriegsforscher has identified 77 destroyed Russian armored vehicles along the northwestern edge of the 250-square-mile salient Ukrainian troops occupy in Kursk.