The situation on the front lines in Ukraine is “challenging” and “trending towards escalation,” Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Nov. 9. “The situation remains challenging and is trending towards escalation. The enemy, leveraging its numerical advantage, continues offensive operations, concentrating its efforts primarily in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove directions,” Syrskyi said in a post on Facebook. “We have numerous reports about the preparation of North Korean soldiers to participate in combat operations alongside Russian forces,” he added without providing further detai…