Ukraine captured two wounded North Korean soldiers who were fighting on behalf of Russia in a Russian border region, South Korea’s intelligence service said.

North Korea has not responded to reports of its troops captured or killed by Ukraine forces. It has never publicised the deployment or large shipments of North Korean artillery shells and other weapons sent to Russia to help its war against Ukraine, although they marked the country’s first intervention in a major armed conflict overseas in decades.

Separately, Ukraine revealed more details about the first two North Korean soldiers it has captured alive and said it was willing to exchange them for Ukrainians held in Russia.

South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) said Sunday it had confirmed that Ukraine captured two wounded North Korean soldiers this week in Russia's Kursk region, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said they were being questioned.

North Korean troops, unacknowledged by their own country, are getting chewed up in a vicious war in which, far from home, they are “cannon fodder” fighting anonymously on behalf of the Russians.

South Korean intelligence has reported that at least 300 North Korean soldiers have been killed and another 2,700 wounded in the war against Ukraine. Source: South Korean news agency Yonhap Details: The National Intelligence Service (NIS) of South Korea shared this information with lawmakers during a closed session of the parliamentary intelligence committee,

Lee Jae-woong, a spokesperson for South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made this statement in response to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's remarks about two North Korean soldiers captured in Kursk Oblast.

National Intelligence Service says aware of battlefield situation through real-time cooperation with Security Service of Ukraine - Anadolu Ajansı

The two captured soldiers have been transported to Kyiv for investigation and medical treatment. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Police charge Chinese man for drone filming near NIS in Korea A Chinese man faces charges for capturing Korean intelligence offices using drone technology.

SEOUL: South Korea’s intelligence service on Sunday backed up Ukraine’s account of having captured two wounded North Korean soldiers in Russia after Kyiv said they were being questioned.Ukrain

Hundreds of North Korean troops have been killed fighting against Ukraine over the last few months, according to South Korea ’s intelligence agency. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) of South Korea said 300 of Pyongyang’s troops have been killed and another 2,700 wounded since joining Vladimir Putin’s forces last year.