North Koreans are privately questioning why Ukraine has suddenly become their enemy, sources told Radio Free Asia.

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Captured North Korean soldiers have lifted the curtain ever so slightly on the secretive Kim regime’s decision to join Russia’s war against Ukraine.

North Korean troops' limited combat experience and unfamiliarity with the terrain of the Russian-Ukrainian battlefields have contributed to heavy losses.

Below Senior Fellow Can Kasapoğlu offers a military situation report about the war in Ukraine. Executive Summary

Pyongyang is to double the number of artillery systems it sends to Kursk, says Kyiv military intelligence chief

North Korea is preparing to send additional troops to Russia, despite their role as “human bait” on the battlefield, a report has warned.

South Korea's military said on Friday that it suspects North Korea is preparing to send more troops to Russia to fight Ukrainian forces, even after suffering losses and seeing some of its soldiers captured.

Drone attack closes Moscow airports as North Korea ‘prepares to send more troops’ - Russia says it has downed at least 121 Ukrainian drones amid major aerial attack

(Reuters) - Russia signed a strategic partnership treaty with Iran on Friday that follows similar pacts with China and North Korea. All three countries are adversaries of the United States, and Russia has used its ties with them to help blunt the impact of Western sanctions and boost its war effort in Ukraine.

North Korea troops have been helping Russian forces as they seek to push Ukrainian soldiers out of Russia’s Kursk region.