North Korea has sent more than 10,000 soldiers to help Russia, according to Kyiv and Seoul - though Moscow and Pyongyang have neither confirmed nor denied their presence. Over 3,000 North Korean troops have died or been wounded while fighting in Kursk ...

South Korea's spy agency said on Friday it had confirmed that a North Korean soldier sent to back Russia's war against Ukraine had been captured by

Pyongyang has deployed thousands of soldiers to reinforce Russian troops, including in the Kursk border region.

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SOF) reportedly captured a North Korean soldier deployed to Russia during an operation in Kursk on Thursday, according to Militarnyi, a Ukrainian military news outlet.

Ukrainian forces have likely captured a North Korean prisoner of war in what could be the first instance of its kind, a Ukrainian news report has said, as North Korean troops were fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine.

Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) reports that North Korean troops in Russia’s Kursk Oblast continue to suffer losses. Source: DIU Quote: "Russia, the aggressor state, continues to deploy North Korean troops in combat operations against Ukraine.