A Ukrainian commander told Newsweek that Pyongyang's troops seemed to carry more ammunition than supplies when in battle.

Removing body armor plates and helmets to enable faster attacks on ... had very limited exposure to the battlefield since the Korean War, where an armistice brought hostilities to a halt in ...

Ukrainian special operations forces have given an insight into the brutal, near-suicidal tactics of the North Koreans they have faced in intense fighting in the Russian border region of Kursk.

The bombing of a shelter in Sudzha sent Russian civilians, trapped in the line of fire, over the border to seek medical help in Ukraine.

North Korean troopers also reportedly remove vital armour to make themselves more manoeuvrable. Ukrainian soldiers claim to have seen them dispensing with their helmets and body armour chest ...

Amongst the pomp, propaganda and weaponry, North Korean troops ... the reality of the war in Ukraine - fields of dead troops, wrecked equipment and scores of helmets of fallen soldiers.

North Korean troop deployment not officially confirmed Ukraine and its Western allies say Pyongyang has sent 11,000 troops to join Russia's war, focusing on bolstering ... They then remove the troops' ...

That is far more than the number of troops that took part in the D-Day landings of the second world war. Ukrainian officials ... operation like the UN’s Blue Helmets, which monitor ceasefires ...