North Koreans killed in Kursk as they enter Russia-Ukraine war in earnest

Servicemen of 24th Mechanized brigade named after King Danylo of the Ukrainian Armed Forces rest at their position in a front line near the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk [Oleg Petrasiuk/Press Service of the 24th King Danylo Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via Reuters]

North Korean soldiers began to go home in body bags over the weekend, as they fought alongside Russians in large numbers for the first time.

“Today, we already have preliminary data that the Russians have begun to use North Korean soldiers in their assaults. A significant number of them,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday.