North Korean regular troops entered the war on Russia's side in October, according to Kyiv and its western allies, who initially estimated their numbers at 10,000 or more. In a post on X, Zelenskiy said that the soldiers had been brought to Kyiv and were communicating with the Security Service of Ukraine,

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine’s forces have captured two North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian troops in Russia’s Kursk border region