Russian border defense tested as North Korean soldiers join the conflict

Russian officials in Bryansk region reported stopping an armed group trying to cross from Ukraine this sunday: the local governor Aleksandr Bogomaz stated that his forces kept the situation in-check (though Ukrainian side hasnt commented on this event)

This incident happens about 2-and-half months after a big-scale cross-border operation in nearby Kursk province‚ where Ukrainian forces made a quick-push into Russian territory. During that attack hundreds of russian soldiers were captured and moved away in military trucks; it was the biggest raid since WW2

• Russian Volunteer Corps
• Freedom of Russia Legion

These two semi-independent groups took credit for earlier border-crossing actions in both Belgorod and Bryansk regions. Russian media tried to make the Kursk situation look less important but their army still cant push Ukrainian forces out of that area

The conflict takes an unusual turn as Kim Jong Unʼs troops join the fight — russian parliament okʼd a military deal with North Korea just days ago. Ukraineʼs GUR intelligence service spotted about 3000 north korean soldiers in Kursk area on wednesday; these troops got winter clothes and did some training in east-russia camps (but GUR didnt show proof of this info)