KYIV - Ukraine has captured two North Korean soldiers in Russia’s Kursk region, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Jan 11, the first time Ukraine has announced the capture of North Korean soldiers alive since their entry into the war last autumn.

"I didn't even know who we were fighting against," the captured soldier from Pyongyang told Ukraine's Security Service.

The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published a report on the assault by North Korean soldiers on Ukrainian positions that took place in the Kursk region. Intense fighting lasted several hours,

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.

Ukrainian soldiers from the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade have shared how they captured a North Korean soldier in Russia's Kursk Oblast. Attempting to avoid capture, he hit his head on a concrete pole and lost consciousness.

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,