North Korea is suffering “heavy casualties,” White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters.

Russia is deploying “human waves” of North Korean soldiers, the U.S. said, and one soldier captured by Ukraine died of his injuries. Others died by suicide.

A thousand North Korean troops were killed or injured in last week alone in Russia’s Kursk region, according to White House

North Korean soldiers considered by Russia to be "expendable" are carrying out massed, dismounted assaults against Ukrainian positions which he said "haven't really been all that effective", the White House National Security Council spokesperson has said.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky admitted that the Ukrainian military captured severely wounded soldiers from North Korea who unfortunately died due to their injuries. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky revealed that the Ukrainian armed forces captured several severely wounded soldiers from North Korea.