North Korean troops have not been seen on the frontlines in Russia’s Kursk region for several weeks, a Ukrainian military official said Friday, amid reports of mass casualties among Pyongyang’s forces.

Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) confirmed that North Korean troops have been absent from Russia's Kursk Oblast for around three weeks. Source: Oleksandr Kindratenko, the spokesperson for the Special Operations Forces,

The Special Operations Forces (SOF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have confirmed that North Korean troops have been absent from Russia’s Kursk region for around three weeks. — Ukrinform.

The North Korean colonel was leading his troops from the front, when they were engaged by units from the 22nd Brigade.

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.

Soldiers of the 8th Regiment of Ukraine's Special Operations Forces resisted an assault of North Korean soldiers in Russia’s Kursk Oblast for eight hours, killing 21 and wounding 40, the unit said on Jan.

Ukraine believes North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russia's army on the Kursk front line have been "withdrawn" after suffering heavy losses, a military spokesman has said.

Special Operations Forces fighters cleared enemy positions in the Kursk region. They inflicted significant losses on the enemy in manpower and captured important enemy trophies. Telegram channel of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

SEOUL - A Samsung phone was found among the belongings of a North Korean soldier who was killed by Ukrainian forces while fighting alongside Russian troops, according to the Ukrainian military.

North Korean troops seem to temporarily withdraw from one section of front in Kursk Oblast, military says Russia claims to capture Velyka Novosilka, Ukraine admits partial retreat but says battles ongoing Russia intensifies attacks near Pokrovsk,

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is understood to have sent 11,000 troops to Russia to help Mad Vlad's forces in their battle to take back the Russian Kursk region which was taken by Ukraine in an Au