Russia has lost up to a battalion of North Korean soldiers over the past two days in its western Kursk border region in the ongoing war against Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

The Ukrainian leader said the Russian army had lost up to a battalion of North Korean infantry soldiers and Russian paratroops in recent days.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that on 3 and 4 January, near the village of Makhnovka in Kursk Oblast, the Russians lost up to a battalion of infantry soldiers made up of North Koreans and Russian paratroopers.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that Russian and North Korean forces suffered heavy losses in fighting in Russia's southern Kursk region. Ukrainian and Western assessments say that some 11,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Russian and North Korean forces suffered heavy losses in fighting in Russia's southern Kursk region. "In battles yesterday and today near just one village,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Russian and North Korean forces suffered heavy losses in fighting in Russia's southern Kursk region.