Biden’s administration is urging Ukraine to quickly increase the size of its military by drafting more troops.

The Biden administration is urging Ukraine to lower its draft age from 25 to 18 in an effort to increase troop numbers, the Associated Press reported on Nov. 27, citing an unnamed senior Biden administration official.

President Biden’s administration is urging Ukraine to increase the size of its military by drafting more troops and revamping its mobilization laws to allow for the conscription of troops as young as 18.

A British man has been taken prisoner while fighting for Ukraine in Russia’s Kursk region, Russian state media has reported.

A former British Army soldier was reportedly captured by Russian forces while fighting alongside Ukrainian soldiers in the Kursk region of the country.

A Russian court has confirmed a British man who was allegedly fighting for Ukraine has been captured in Russia's Kursk region. Video had been circulating online in recent days showing a man dressed in military clothing who identifies himself as James Scott Rhys Anderson,

The Russian Defense Ministry's statement is the first public confirmation of the attacks by Moscow, following multiple reports of strikes after Washington permitted Ukraine to use its ATACMS missiles to strike against targets on Russian soil.

Russia has made a rare admission, saying that a key air defence system and an air base in the Kursk region were hit by Ukraine with US-supplied Atacms missiles. The defence ministry statement, which threatened retaliation,

"What we're seeing is that (North Korean troops are) positioned around the Kursk region, not moving into Ukraine at the moment," Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said on Nov. 25 during a press briefing.