Ukraine's HUR military spy agency said on Monday that North Korean units fighting for Russia sustained losses of at least 30 soldiers killed or wounded around several villages on the front in Russia's Kursk region over the weekend.

Ukraine said on Monday that North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian troops suffered heavy losses during fighting at the weekend in the Russian region of Kursk.

There have been 226 combat clashes at the front since the day began on 16 December. Russians stormed Ukrainian positions in Kursk Oblast 72 times. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook;