KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday (Feb 7) that North Korean troops were back on the front line in Russia's Kursk region, after reports Moscow had withdrawn them due to heavy losses.

North Korea sent its best troops to aid Russia in its war against Ukraine. But after months of suffering severe losses, they have been taken off the front line.

The alleged 10,000 North Koreans fighting for Russia are thought to have taken heavy losses. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SEOUL: North Korean soldiers previously fighting alongside Russia's army on the Kursk front line appear not to have been engaged in combat since mid-January, South Korea's spy agency told AFP on Tuesday (Feb 4),

This comes after reports that said Moscow had withdrawn them due to heavy losses. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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.