Ukraine has lost over 40 percent of the territory it previously gained in Russia's Kursk Oblast due to Russian counterattacks, Reuters reported on Nov. 23, citing a source in Ukraine's General Staff.

Russia has removed a senior general in Ukraine for giving misleading reports about the progress of the war as Defence Minister Andrei Belousov tries to clear out poor commanders, pro-Russian war bloggers and Russian media said.

Moscow has previously pulled mercenaries into its war effort in Ukraine and now appears to be recruiting much further afield.

Ukraine is grappling with a wave of Russian missile attacks. CNN reports that one-third of the strikes use North Korean missiles containing Western components. According to CNN, one-third of these attacks are based on KN-23 missiles,