Follow DW.South Korea's intelligence agency estimated around 300 North Korean soldiers have been killed and another 2,700 have been wounded in Russia's war against Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he's ready to hand over captured North Korean soldiers in return for Ukrainian soldiers held prisoner in Russia.

There is mounting evidence from the battlefield, intelligence reports and testimonies of defectors that some North Korean soldiers are resorting to extreme measures as they support Russia's three-year war with Ukraine.

Separately, Ukraine revealed more details about the first two North Korean soldiers it has captured alive and said it was willing to exchange them for Ukrainians held in Russia.

It comes after Ukraine released footage of two captured men, reportedly North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia.

South Korea's spy agency said over 3,000 North Korean soldiers sent to help Russia fight its war against Ukraine are likely to have been killed or injured. Two have been captured alive. Ukrainian Pres

Seoul’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) said in a statement it has “confirmed that the Ukrainian military captured two North Korean soldiers on January 9 in the Kursk battlefield in Russia”.

North Korean troop fatalities and injuries in Ukraine have likely exceeded 3,000, including about 300 deaths and 2,700 injuries, a South Korean lawmaker briefed by the country's spy agency said on Monday.

South Korea's intelligence service on Sunday backed up Ukraine's account of having captured two wounded North Korean soldiers in Russia, after Kyiv said they were being questioned. Ukraine ...

South Korea’s spy agency has told lawmakers that two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces while fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region haven’t expressed a desi

Around 300 North Korean soldiers have been killed and 2,700 wounded while fighting in Russia's war against Ukraine, a South Korean lawmaker said Monday, citing information from Seoul's spy agency. This includes "approximately 300 deaths and 2,

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