North Korean troops have not been seen on the frontlines in Russia’s Kursk region for several weeks, a Ukrainian military official said Friday, amid reports of mass casualties among Pyongyang’s forces.

Ukrainian special forces tell the BBC they have not seen any North Koreans in Russia's Kursk region in three weeks.

Ukraine believes North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russia's army on the Kursk front line have been "withdrawn" after suffering heavy losses, a military spokesman told AFP on Friday. "Over the past three weeks,

Ukraine’s special operations forces said on Friday that North Korean troops have not been spotted on the battlefield in Russia’s Kursk region for about three weeks, indicating they may have withdrawn after sustaining heavy losses,

North Korea sent its best troops to aid Russia in its war against Ukraine. But after months of suffering severe losses, they have been taken off the front line.

North Korean soldiers who joined their Russian allies in the war against the Ukrainian Defense Forces have been withdrawn from the frontline in Kursk region after suffering heavy losses. — Ukrinform.

North Korean troops were withdrawn from the front line in the Kursk Oblast after suffering heavy losses in hostilities, The New York Times reported.North