Russia, North Korea

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin rejects talks with Zelensky as North Korean cannon deployed
The North Korean troops, who have been fighting alongside Russia, have temporarily withdrawn from one of the axes of Kursk oblast where Ukraine’s 73rd Special Operation Forces (SOF) centre is deployed, colonel Oleksandr Kindratenko, an SOF spokesperson, told the Kyiv Independent.
North Korea's Kim Expected to Send More Troops, Weapons to Russia
North Korean troops' limited combat experience and unfamiliarity with the terrain of the Russian-Ukrainian battlefields have contributed to heavy losses.
North Korea prepares to send more ‘human bait’ soldiers to Russia
North Korea is preparing to send additional troops to Russia, despite their role as “human bait” on the battlefield, a report has warned.
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump aid freeze threatens troop support as North Korea partially withdraws forces
Trump aid freeze threatens troop support as North Korea partially withdraws forces - US aid freeze is a ‘very severe blow’, Ukrainian soldier’s wife says
North Korea suspected of sending 'additional dispatch of troops' to Russia, says South Korea
South Korea's military said that it suspects North Korea is preparing to send more troops to Russia to fight Ukrainian forces, even after suffering losses and seeing some of its soldiers captured.
'They've overcome the shock' — North Korean soldiers adapting to war in Russia's Kursk Oblast
North Korean troops have been taking part in active combat on Russia's side in the country's Kursk Oblast, where Ukraine has held territory since August. This unprecedented move, made against the backdrop of a deepening Moscow-Pyongyang alliance,
North Korea troops partially withdraw from frontline in Russia’s Kursk after weeks of heavy losses
A Ukrainian special forces commander says North Korean troops have moved back from the fighting for roughly a fortnight
Suicidal tendencies and ’80s battlefield tactics: How North Korean soldiers are operating in Russia’s war on Ukraine
Ukrainian special operations forces have given an insight into the brutal, near-suicidal tactics of the North Koreans they have faced in intense fighting in the Russian border region of Kursk.
Defectors offer insight into mindset of North Korean soldiers fighting in Ukraine
Multiple defectors from North Korea spoke to NBC News about the mindset of soldiers sent to fight for Russia in Ukraine.
Third of North Korean troops already wiped out in Ukraine
British intelligence has reported that one-third of the troops deployed alongside Russian forces in Ukraine are already out of action. Pyongyang sent a contingent of 12,000 soldiers to Russia to assist local forces in regaining lost territory in the Kursk region,
North Korean troops 'pulling back' from Russian frontlines as intense battle rages
Ukraine took Russia by surprise when it captured 500 miles in the Kursk region in the summer of 2024 before Moscow retaliated.
The fatal lengths North Korean soldiers will go to to avoid capture by Ukraine
The North Korean troops fighting for Russia are highly trained and will stop at nothing to avoid surrender, Ukrainian sources ...
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1,000 North Korean troops reportedly killed fighting for Putin in Kursk region of Russia
Zelensky previously shared photos of two men after North ... according to Seoul’s JCS. It highlighted signs that North ...
SSU Interrogating North Korean Pows Zelensky Shares New Footage
( MENAFN - UkrinForm) President Volodymyr Zelensky informed that captured North Korean soldiers continue their communication ...
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Voluntary repatriation of North Korean POWs in Ukraine
With new reports of North Korean troops captured as POWs in Ukraine, as resident Zelensky puts it, there is now "irrefutable evidence" that North Korea has been involved in Russia's war against Ukrain ...
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin rejects talks with ‘illegitimate’ Zelensky as North Korean cannon deployed
Vladimir Putin has refused to directly engage with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, calling him “illegitimate”.