Soldiers of the 8th Regiment of Ukraine's Special Operations Forces resisted an assault of North Korean soldiers in Russia’s Kursk Oblast for eight hours, killing 21 and wounding 40, the unit said on Jan.

Operatives from Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces have killed 21 and wounded 40 North Korean soldiers who were advancing on Ukrainian positions in Russia’s Kursk Oblast. Source: press service of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) Details: The operatives from the 8th SOF Regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,

Ukrainian forces detailed the capture of a North Korean soldier on the western Kursk front in Russia on Tuesday.

The military did not specify the exact date of the battle but noted that Ukrainian infantry and snipers, equipped with small arms and grenade launchers, held off the North Korean army's advance on Ukrainian positions for over eight hours.

Videos of captured North Korean troops posted online by Ukrainian President Zelensky show them admitting that they thought they were being sent on an exercise.

Soldiers of the 95th Separate Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told the details of how they captured a North Korean soldier in the Kursk region. The North Korean soldier was wounded and tried to commit suicide,