Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said more than 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded fighting for Moscow in Russia's western Kursk region.

North Korea has reportedly sent more than 10,000 troops to fight in Russia's war against Ukraine. But many among them have fallen. Seoul puts the number of those killed or wounded at more than a thousand,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday that "there are already over three thousand wounded and killed North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region" in Russia.