North Korean troops have withdrawn from the front line in Kursk. Ukrainian military officials say North Korean soldiers stationed in the Russian Kursk region have withdrawn from the front line.
"Over the past three weeks, we have not seen or detected any armed activity or clashes with the North Koreans," a Ukrainian special forces spokesman told the AFP news agency. "Therefore, we believe that they have withdrawn due to heavy losses," he said.
The military spokesman declined to give an estimate of casualties. He said he believed the North Korean soldiers were withdrawing to "return and deploy elsewhere."
According to Ukraine and the West, North Korean soldiers are fighting with the Russian army in Russia's Kursk region, which is partially occupied by Ukraine.
The New York Times reported, citing sources in the US and Ukraine, that North Korean soldiers had not been seen at the front for two weeks.
Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoliak said on Platform X on Wednesday that, according to Ukrainian special forces, some North Korean units had withdrawn from the front line in the Kursk region. The withdrawal is explained by the heavy losses the units suffered during the fighting to regain Russian territory controlled by Ukraine.
The Kremlin declined to comment on the matter on Friday. Asked by AFP about the New York Times report, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that there were "a lot of different things in the American daily, right, wrong, some lies, some distortions of reality". Therefore, "it is probably not appropriate to comment on (them) every time."
According to South Korea, Ukraine and the United States, North Korea has deployed about 11,000 troops to the Kursk region since last October. They are supposed to help retake the area that has been under Ukrainian control since a surprise offensive in August. Russia has neither confirmed nor denied this. (A2 Televizion)
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