Korean Graves Under Kursk Snow

The morning brought reports suggesting North Korea's 12,000-strong contingent in Kursk faces elimination by April 2025, with one-third already dead or wounded. The forecast builds on previous days' revelations about Korean casualties and POWs.

Russian forces struck Kryvyi Rih with ballistic missiles in the afternoon, hitting residential buildings and an educational facility. Casualty numbers rose throughout the day from initial reports of three dead to four dead and fourteen wounded, including four children.

By evening, reports emerged of Russian forces entering Pokrovsk, marking a potential shift in the eastern front's dynamics. NATO's transfer of coordination responsibilities from the US occurred alongside discussions of Trump's potential peace strategy and the EU's plan to involve Belgium's king in maintaining sanctions against Russia should Orban attempt to veto their renewal.