A Ukrainian mopping-up group encountered one surviving North Korean fighter who had set an unsuccessful trap. The soldier attempted to mislead the Ukrainian soldiers and then detonated a grenade to avoid capture,

According to preliminary estimates, the total number of casualties exceeded 3,000 soldiers, including 2,700 wounded. This follows an earlier statement by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Jan.

Two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces have been provided medical care and are being held in Kyiv, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported. The first was captured on Jan. 9 in Kursk Oblast by the 84th Tactical Group of Special Operations Forces,