Russian forces continue to advance on Ukrainian positions in Kursk, according to the journalists' sources, citing Ukrainian military personnel fighting in Russia’s Kursk Oblast. The "sudden absence" of North Korean troops on the battlefield may indicate that they are regrouping and assessing their future actions,

National Intelligence Service says aware of battlefield situation through real-time cooperation with Security Service of Ukraine - Anadolu Ajansı

Lee Jae-woong, a spokesperson for South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made this statement in response to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's remarks about two North Korean soldiers captured in Kursk Oblast.

The two captured soldiers have been transported to Kyiv for investigation and medical treatment. Read more at straitstimes.com.

North Korea's deployment to Russia is its first major involvement in a war since the 1950-53 Korean War. North Korea reportedly sent a much smaller contingent to the Vietnam War and to the civil conflict in Syria. The United States has warned the experience in Russia will make North Korea "more capable of waging war against its neighbours".

"I didn't even know who we were fighting against," the captured soldier from Pyongyang told Ukraine's Security Service.

North Korean prisoners of war, who were interrogated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), confirmed intelligence reports about their transfer to Russian territory and their total isolation from any outside news,

According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, North Korean soldiers were transported to Russian territory by ferry, then by train, and kept in total isolation as far as information was concerned.

Videos of captured North Korean troops posted online by Ukrainian President Zelensky show them admitting that they thought they were being sent on an exercise.