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.

South Korea’s military says it suspects North Korea is preparing to send additional troops to Russia after its soldiers already deployed on the Russian-Ukraine war fronts suffered heavy casualties

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,

North Korean forces have been pulled off the frontlines in the Kursk region after suffering heavy losses in combat, The New York Times reports. According to Ukrainian and US officials, North Korean soldiers who had been fighting alongside Russian forces against Ukraine were withdrawn after sustaining significant casualties.

According to Zelensky, the over ten thousand North Korean soldiers deployed in Russia have reportedly suffered over four thousand casualties. Attacks continue in the Ukraine war despite Putin's statement on Tuesday that he was willing to negotiate peace,

Ukrainian forces discovered and seized military equipment, documents, and a Samsung 2G mobile phone from the belongings of North Korean soldiers killed while fighting for Russia, according to a report by NK News on Jan.