As a result of Friday's strike on the command post in Rylsk, Kursk region, the Russians lost dozens of key officers. Not only their own but also North Korean officers, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview for the Associated Press.

North Korean troops deployed to support Russian forces in Ukraine's Kursk region have been withdrawn after suffering heavy casualties, say Ukrainian officials. Over 10,000 soldiers were sent by Pyongyang,

North Koreans fake tuberculosis to avoid participating in Russia's war. Families spend more than 100 times the average monthly salary on fake medical certificates to protect their husbands from being sent to the war zone,