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Image published by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Dec 17, 2024 shows a number of men taking cover behind trees, saying they were North Korean troops who had just taken part in an assault on a Ukrainian position. North Korean troops have been killed fighting Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk border region, the US has said. These would be the first reported casualties since it emerged in October that North Korea had sent around 10,000 troops to reinforce Russia's war effort. Ukraine's military intelligence agency, the GUR, has also said at least 30 North Korean troops had been killed or wounded in fighting over the weekend. The GUR said the North Korean casualties had occurred on Saturday and Sunday in the Kursk villages of Plekhovo, Vorobzha, and Martynovka.
North Korea Soldiers Killed in Ukraine - 17 Dec 2024