Over 3,000 North Korean soldiers killed, wounded in Kursk: Zelensky

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that over 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded fighting against Ukraine’s incursion in Russia’s Kursk region.

Pyongyang has sent thousands of troops to reinforce the Russian military, including in the Kursk border region where Ukraine mounted a shock border incursion in August.

Zelensky wrote on X that “according to preliminary data, the number of North Korean soldiers killed and wounded in the Kursk region has already exceeded 3,000”.

South Korea said earlier Monday that around 1,100 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded since entering combat in December.