Pyongyang's monthly troop losses could skyrocket if it deploys more troops to the frontlines in Kursk and continues sustaining high losses.

Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov said Pyongyang has already provided Russia with 120 self-propelled artillery guns and 120 multiple launch rocket systems, with more to come.

A lone North Korean soldier who survived an intense battle against Ukrainian soldiers in Russia’s Kursk region chose to blow himself up rather than allow himself to be captured, Kyiv

Moscow responds to Trump ultimatum as 1,000 North Koreans killed in Kursk - Kremlin seeks to play down new Trump threat over war in Ukraine

Ukraine called for maximum pressure on Moscow and Pyongyang. This happened after the first North Korean prisoners of war were brought to Kyiv. This was stated by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.

Speaking a day after Trump’s inauguration, Ukraine’s president told world leaders at Davos that Europe needs to remain united and “learn how to take care of itself.”

Russia signed a strategic partnership treaty with Iran on Friday that follows similar pacts with China and North Korea. All three countries are adversaries of the United States, and Russia has used its ties with them to help blunt the impact of Western sanctions and boost its war effort in Ukraine.

Ukraine said it retrieved a diary from a North Korean soldier that contains a confession of stealing from his Russian comrade and battle tactics.

MOSCOW - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Moscow on Friday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the signing of a strategic partnership treaty involving closer defence cooperation that is likely to worry the West.

The wounded fighters were taken for questioning to Kyiv, authorities said, where they could reveal details of Pyongyang’s cooperation with Moscow.

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Commenting on the capture of North Korean soldiers by Ukrainian forces, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has called for increased pressure on the regimes in Russia and the DPRK. — Ukrinform.