Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that more than 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed and wounded in Russia's Kursk region and warned that Pyongyang could send more personnel and equipment for Moscow's army.

North Korean troops are experiencing mass casualties while fighting alongside Russian forces against Ukraine in Kursk Oblast, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said on Dec.

The spokesperson for the U.S. National Security Council, John Kirby, reported that soldiers from North Korea are taking their own lives, fearing for their families' fate if they surrender to Ukrainian forces.