Fresh North Korean troops are pouring into the embattled Kursk Oblast region of Russia after the initial wave of North Koreans suffered

North Korean troops have not been seen on the frontlines in Russia’s Kursk region for several weeks, a Ukrainian military official said Friday, amid reports of mass casualties among Pyongyang’s forces.

Capturing a North Korean prisoner had long been an objective for the Ukrainian special forces, even as the North Koreans seemed willing to kill themselves or a wounded comrade to elude capture. Only one had been taken captive, in December, but he died of his wounds.

Zelensky made the comments during his evening address to the nation, adding that during recent fighting "a significant number of occupiers have been eliminated, we're talking hundreds of Russian and North Korean servicemen.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed that Russian forces have "redeployed North Korean soldiers" to areas of the Kursk region where the Russian military has made limited advances

North Korean soldiers ‘brought in again’ on Kursk frontline as Putin admits ‘very difficult’ situation - Russian military bloggers say new Kursk attack came 'like a bolt from the blue’

The Russian army has once again brought in North Korean soldiers to the Kursk region. New assaults have already taken place in this area, with hundreds of Russian and North Korean troops eliminated, stated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his evening address.