South Korea’s military says it suspects North Korea is preparing to send additional troops to Russia after its soldiers already deployed on the Russian-Ukraine war fronts suffered heavy casualties.

Ukrainian soldiers captured North Korean soldiers in Russia's Kursk Oblast. Source: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Quote: "These are two soldiers who, although they sustained injuries, survived, were taken to Kyiv and are talking to investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine.

North Korea has not responded to reports of its troops captured or killed by Ukraine forces. It has never publicised the deployment or large shipments of North Korean artillery shells and other weapons sent to Russia to help its war against Ukraine, although they marked the country’s first intervention in a major armed conflict overseas in decades.

KYIV: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday (Jan 12) that Kyiv is ready to hand over North Korean soldiers to their leader Kim Jong Un if he can organise their exchange for Ukrain

Ukraine has captured two injured North Korean soldiers from the battlefield in Russia’s Kursk region and transferred them to Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday.

Kim Jong Un's soldiers have joined the Russians in the war against Ukraine. Although North Korean military personnel are dying in large numbers in the battles, they have developed a method for destroying Ukrainian drones.

By bno - Taipei Bureau Human rights organisations advocating for North Korean citizens have called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to refrain from repatriating two North Korean soldiers captured while fighting for Russia.

In the Kursk region, more than 20 North Korean soldiers were killed recently by snipers of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During the repulsion of the assault, the losses of the North Korean military were: ・21 eliminated;