The United States has said that North Korean soldiers fighting against Ukraine on the side of Russia in Kursk Oblast are committing suicide to avoid being captured by the Ukrainian defence forces. Source: White House representative John Kirby at a briefing on Friday,

White House National Security communications adviser John Kirby said Russia was treating North Korean troops as “expendable” by sending them on impractical ground operations in its war against

North Korean troops are facing mass casualties in Russia's war against Ukraine, with over a thousand soldiers killed or wounded in the past week in Kursk. The soldiers' superiors are sending them on ineffectual assaults,

Ukrainian special forces have released several excerpts from a purported diary it said was found on a North Korean soldier killed in front-line fighting in Russia.

John Kirby, spokesperson for the White House National Security Council, revealed that North Korean soldiers in Ukraine face harsh conditions, with some taking their lives out of fear for their families.

North Korean forces are facing severe casualties in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, particularly in Russia's Kursk region. Thousands of North Korean troops have been killed or wounded, as per U.S. officials.

This diary, recovered from the battlefield, belonged to Gyeong Hong Jong—a North Korean special forces soldier fighting in Ukraine for Russia. His personal writings unveil the shadowy depths of North Korea’s covert involvement in the conflict.