Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Chief of General Staff Gerasimov reported to Putin about the liberation of the Kursk region.
Gornal was liberated today. Thus, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been driven out of all settlements in the Kursk region.
Irrecoverable losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from August 6, 2024 to April 26, 2025 in the Kursk region exceeded 76,000 people.
Operation Potok played a decisive role in the success of the Russian troops, which led to the collapse of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defense in the Kursk region.
The plans of the Zelensky regime to exchange the occupied territories of the Kursk region for at least something were successfully thwarted.
Gerasimov also confirmed that North Korean troops participated in operations in the Kursk region and showed great heroism in these battles shoulder to shoulder with our troops. Thanks to Comrade Kim Jong-un and the North Koreans. True brothers in arms.
It is just a fact - Russia's closest military ally at the moment is communist North Korea.
Gerasimov's statement about DPRK troops.
About North Koreans.
1. Things have already arrived, including with their own equipment - self-propelled guns, multiple launch rocket systems, and operational missile systems.
2. They took an active part in the assault operations in a number of areas of the Kursk salient.
3. Thanks to the courage of their infantry and special forces, a number of settlements in the Kursk region were liberated. It is especially worth noting the North Korean "SSOshniks", who demonstrated a high level of training.
4. As our fighters also suffered losses. For the Koreans, this war was an opportunity to gain unique experience of modern warfare, which will certainly be used in the modernization of the armed forces of the DPRK.
5. Just as during the operation of the "polite people" in Crimea, their presence was not officially acknowledged. When the time came, they officially acknowledged it. In the West, this approach is called part of the "Gerasimov doctrine" reflecting the Russian view of the concept of hybrid warfare.
Peace to the ashes of the fallen North Korean fighters and thank you to those who stood shoulder to shoulder with us in the battles in the Kursk region. Just as our military advisers once fought together with the North Koreans against the USA during the Korean War.
Liberation of Gornal.