What steps should Ukraine take at this point in the conflict?

There are military vehicles with a new tactical sign showing up in Ukraine. Last time it happened, Russians lost a big chunk of the Kursk region.

Russian military bloggers also warn that a Ukrainian offensive is imminent — and likely into Russia.

They’ve noticed a whole Ukrainian brigade quietly disappeared and didn’t appear anywhere at the front.

They believe it might appear in Belgorod or Bryansk regions, where the frosts just hit and the ground turned hard — so the heavy equipment can get through.

Russians speculate that the start of the offensive will occur on December 20, which is the Day of Chekist (KGB) in Russia — Putin’s beloved internal security forces.

Meanwhile, North Korean troops have been noticed in the Kursk region. They’ve been attacking in front ambush, without any vehicles, running across a snowy field, with barely any artillery support.

Ukrainian drone operators couldn’t believe what they saw.

Involving another country’s army into a war is a serious escalation — and definitely doesn’t look like desire for peace, which president Zelenskyy called the western partners not to overlook.

As of December 14, 2024, as a result of military actions and "friendly fire" losses among NK troops amounted to about 200 people.

The NK/Russian soldiers don’t even have the winter camouflage.

At one of the positions, DPRK soldiers confused Kadyrov's unit with Ukrainians and fired at the equipment of the “Akhmat” battalion, killing 8 Kadyrov's soldiers.

Ukraine’s offensive in the Kursk region — which Putin still can’t squeeze out, despite involving another country’s army — was treated by many as a fluke, something that happened once.

But the whole Russian army is stuck in street fights, trying to capture ruins of several Ukrainian towns in East Ukraine (in 3 years, Putin’s troops still couldn’t capture even Donbas in full).

An another surprise offensive would show that Kursk wasn’t a fluke — that Russia itself is vulnerable and unable to defend its borders, that Russia can’t win in the type of war that Ukraine has been fighting for 3 years, and also to show that even when he is losing territories, Putin isn’t going to do anything drastic.

So, maybe the Russian military bloggers aren’t wrong this time — maybe we’ll see another Ukrainian incursion into Russia.