Ukrainian and Western assessments show that around 11,000 North Korean troops are stationed in the Kursk region.

Russia has lost up to a battalion of North Korean soldiers over the past two days in its western Kursk border region in the ongoing war against Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

Zelenskiy reports battles near Makhnovka, Kursk region North Korean and Russian troops suffer significant losses Fierce battles along 1,000-km front line, Pokrovsk hardest hit Jan 4 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Russian and North Korean forces suffered heavy losses in fighting in Russia's southern Kursk region.