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.

A Ukrainian special forces commander says North Korean troops have moved back from the fighting for roughly a fortnight

Britain's defense ministry said about 1,000 North Korean soldiers had been killed and about 3,000 more had been wounded fighting against Ukraine.

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

A North Korean multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) designed to be disguised as a common truck looks to have appeared in Russia’s Kursk region. The unique vehicle’s arrival there would be part of Pyongyang’s military support for Moscow’s war effort.

According to General Budanov, Kim Jong-un has handed over at least 120 M1989 Koksan artillery systems to Russia over the past three months, as well as 120 M1991 multiple rocket launchers. Speaking to The Warzone, he said Pyongyang was preparing a new shipment of hardware, which analysts say is on its way.

The agreement is similar to the one Moscow signed with North Korea last year - as Vladimir Putin attempts to show the world is changing, and that, in his view, the US-led global order is crumbling.

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.

Pyongyang understood to be ‘accelerating’ dispatch of troops, despite them being used as ‘cannon fodder’ in Moscow’s war with Ukraine

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.

South Korea’s military says it suspects North Korea is preparing to send additional troops to Russia after its soldiers already deployed on the Russian-Ukraine war fronts suffered heavy casualties.