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.

Two North Koreans have been indicted in a plot to fool US companies into hiring them for remote worker positions so they could send money back to Pyongyang.

North Koreans are privately questioning why Ukraine has suddenly become their enemy, sources told Radio Free Asia.

North Korean troops deployed to support Russian forces in Ukraine's Kursk region have been withdrawn after suffering heavy casualties, say Ukrainian officials. Over 10,000 soldiers were sent by Pyongyang,

Ukraine believes North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russia's army on the Kursk front line have been "withdrawn" after suffering heavy losses, a military spokesman told AFP on Friday.

Although reports suggest North Korean soldiers have suffered heavy losses fighting Ukrainian forces, South Korea's military suspects reinforcements are coming.

Below Senior Fellow Can Kasapoğlu offers a military situation report about the war in Ukraine. Executive Summary

The North Korean deployment, never officially confirmed by Moscow or Pyongyang, was supposed to reinforce Russia's army and help them expel Ukraine's troops.

North Korea is preparing to send Russia more than 100 artillery systems – originally designed to flatten Seoul – to be used in its war against Ukraine.

Ukraine says that it has not seen North Korean troops on the Kursk frontlines in several weeks after mass casualties to Pyongyang soldiers.

Battlefield canine scavengers have reportedly added the bloodied corpses of Kim Jong Un's North Korean footsoldiers to their regular diet of dead Russians.