Ukraine strikes 3 Russian air defense systems in single day, Navy claims 3,800 North Korean troops killed or injured in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Zelensky says Ukraine's position in Kursk Oblast important for possible negotiations,

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on Monday, 6 January, that Ukraine continues to maintain a buffer zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast five months after launching the operation. Source: Zelenskyy in an evening address on 6 January Quote: "Second - the Kursk operation.

Kyiv troops attacked in at least three areas within the Kursk region, some using armoured vehicles, according to the Institute for the Study of War

Ukraine's president told podcaster Lex Fridman that 3,800 North Koreans had been killed or wounded fighting alongside Russia but many more could come.

Russian forces continue to make costly but consistent gains in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. They are steadily grinding down a pocket of resistance around the town of Kurakhove and are also fighting to envelop the larger nearby city of Pokrovsk, Ukrainian soldiers and officials said.

Russia’s defence ministry may believe its forces are “defeating” Ukraine’s counter-offensive in the Kursk region, but Vladimir Putin clearly doesn’t.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will urge allies to boost his country's air defenses at a meeting this week in Germany

Yunus-Bek Yevkurov—who played a key role in negotiations during a 2023 mutiny attempt led by Yevgeny Prigozhin—arrived in the Kursk region on Sunday.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have been conducting an operation in the Kursk region for five months. This is forcing the Russian army to deploy significant forces in this direction, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Russia said on Monday its forces had made important gains in eastern Ukraine while continuing to fend off a new Ukrainian offensive inside the Kursk region of western Russia, where a second day of fierce fighting was under way.

Ukrainian and Russian forces have clashed 199 times in the war zone since the beginning of the day on 6 January, with most of the fighting taking place on the Kursk, Pokrovsk and Kurakhove fronts. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook,