North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia were given fake military documents with Russian names and birthplaces, the Ukrainian military said, amid claims from Kyiv that Russia is trying to conceal the presence of foreign fighters on the battlefield.

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.

Twelve Russian military vehicles, three baggies, and an armored fighting vehicle were also destroyed by a single drone operator's unit during the same period. "North Korean soldiers are eliminated in an open field by the 8th SOF Regiment,

New figure suggests a significant rise in the number of North Korean troops killed and wounded in combat with Ukrainian forces this month.

North Korea is gearing up to deploy more troops and military equipment, including kamikaze drones, to support Russia in its war against Ukraine. This development was reported by South Korea’s military via Yonhap on December 23.

Ukraine's military unveiled what it claimed were false identification documents carried by North Korean troops killed in the war with Russia, a report showed, amid Kyiv's claim that Russia is trying to conceal the presence of North Korean soldiers.

A thousand wounded and a hundred dead – these are the current losses among Kim Jong Un's soldiers in the Kursk region. This is the price the North Korean regime is paying in hopes of obtaining missile technology from Russia,