Russian and North Korean forces suffered “significant” losses in intense fighting in Russia ’s southern Kursk region, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

The Russian army lost up to a battalion of North Korean infantry soldiers and Russian paratroops. This is significant,’ Zelensky said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reported substantial losses among Russian and North Korean forces during recent battles in the southern Kursk region of Russia. "Yesterday and today, near the village of Makhnovka in the Kursk region, the Russian army lost up to a battalion of North Korean infantry soldiers and Russian paratroops,"

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy reports heavy losses for Russian and North Korean troops in the Kursk region, claiming up to a battalion was wiped out near Makhnovka.

Russia has lost up to a battalion of North Korean soldiers over the past two days in its western Kursk border region in the ongoing war against Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that over the past two days, battles near the village of Makhnovka in Russia's southern Kursk region, Russian and North Korean forces suffered heavy losses in fighting.

Russia has lost up to a battalion of North Korean soldiers over the past two days in its western Kursk border region in the ongoing war against Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.