North Korean troops deployed in Russia's Kursk region are suffering heavy losses and being left unprotected by the Russian forces they are fighting alongside, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday.

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North Korean troops have now entered Russia’s war with Ukraine in a major way, and some have been killed, Western officials say.

North Korea is suffering “heavy casualties,” White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters.

North Korean forces are experiencing mass casualties on the front lines of Russia's war against Ukraine, with a thousand of their troops killed or wounded in the last week alone in Russia's Kursk region,

A "human wave" of North Korean soldiers fighting on Russia's side in the Ukraine war are being sent to their deaths, the White House said Friday.

Russia's offensive in the Kursk region is causing heavy losses for North Korean forces. Over the past week alone, the DPRK has lost 1000 soldiers, stated John Kirby, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications,