Experts tell Andy Gregory and Tom Watling that the real question is how much Kyiv’s troops are able to inflict casualties on the Russians as the price for taking the territory back

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Russia has deployed nearly 50,000 troops to Kursk, the southern Russian region where Kyiv launched its surprise counteroffensive in the summer.

According to a statement from the 95th Brigade on Nov. 14, Russian forces attempted to storm Ukrainian positions but failed. “Two days of active Russian assaults yielded them no gains. Thanks to the coordinated efforts of the 95th Air Assault Brigade and supporting units,

Ukrainian marines showed footage of the battle with the Russian troops. The military managed to hold the defense of positions in the Kursk region, the Ukrainian Navy reports. Thus, the servicemen of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Bilynskyi continue to destroy Russian troops.

Russia has amassed a large force of tens of thousands — including recently arrived North Korean troops — to carry out an assault on the Ukrainian positions in Russia’s Kursk region expected in the coming days,