Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Sirsky said on November 9 that the situation on the front lines was “difficult” and “moving towards escalation.”
“The situation remains difficult and is heading towards escalation,” Sersky said in a statement. “The enemy, taking advantage of its numerical superiority, continues its offensive operations, focusing its efforts primarily in the Pokrovsk and Korakhovye directions.” Posted on Facebook.
He added, “We have numerous reports about preparing North Korean soldiers to participate in combat operations alongside Russian forces,” without providing further details.
Cirsky was relaying what he said to General Christopher Cavoli, NATO’s Supreme Commander in Europe, in a phone call earlier in the day.
According to a Bloomberg analysis published on November 1, Ukraine has lost 1,146 square kilometers of territory since the Kursk Oblast incursion was launched in early August, with the week ending November 1 considered the worst in terms of territory loss. In all of 2024.
On November 2, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Sirsky said that Ukraine was facing “one of the strongest Russian attacks” since the beginning of the all-out war.
During the fall, large parts of Ukrainian territory, including sometimes entire cities, were lost on an almost daily basis in southern Donetsk Oblast, while Russian forces also made operationally significant gains near Turetsk, Chasiv Yar, and Kubyansk, as well as on Its lands. Special soils in Kursk Oblast.
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