In the interview, Zelenskyy also noted that thousands of North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russia have returned to active combat against Ukrainian forces in Kursk Oblast after a weeks-long pause.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy paid tribute to the country’s "warriors" in the Kursk operation in an address Thursday marking the six-month anniversary of the operation in Russia. "With our active operation on Russian territory,

Ukraine has staged a new offensive in Kursk, according to the Russian Defense Ministry (MoD) and mibloggers. Ukraine first invaded this Russian region six months ago to the day. Most accounts say that Ukrainian forces are attacking southeast of Sudzha,

In December last year, over 11,000 North Korean troops had been deployed in Russia's Kursk region to aid Russian forces in foiling Ukrainian counterattacks in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.