North Korean soldiers had been missing from combat, fueling speculation they were pulled back after taking heavy losses.

Ukrainian troops launched counterattacks in Russia's Kursk region but were repelled by Russian forces. Despite setbacks, Ukraine's capability to initiate attacks poses a challenge for Russia.

South Korea’s assessment comes as Ukraine’s stout defence takes a growing toll for every square kilometre Russia seizes.

North Korean troops, largely special ops forces, have suffered high casualty rates in bloody assaults, not unlike prison ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — When Ukrainian soldiers captured two North Korean prisoners of war last month, it provided the first ...

The New York Times said on Wednesday that last fall, North Korea sent about 11,000 soldiers to the Kursk region. They are there to assist Russia in its fierce battle to retake the territory ...

Ukraine launched a lightning thrust into the Russian oblast of Kursk last August ... a weapon that has been a familiar part of the battle space further south in Ukraine's Donbas region for ...

But North Korea has suffered huge losses with around 4,000 killed or wounded in Kursk since they ... so poorly trained that Russian generals delayed putting them into battle.