A Ukrainian reconnaissance drone spotted about 20 bodies of dead North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region.

The international intelligence community Inform Napalm published the video.

They were reportedly killed during an unsuccessful assault on the village of Kruglenkoe.

“This video confirms that the Russian command continues to massively use North Koreans as cannon fodder in infantry attacks on Ukrainian army positions, sending them ahead of Russian units,” Inform Napalm notes.

The community emphasizes that despite the numerous evidence of the DPRK contingent’s participation in a full-scale war against Ukraine, the Russian government still denies this fact.

Our comrades, who are carrying out combat missions in the #Kursk region, have passed on to the international intelligence community @InformNapalm new videos documenting eliminated North #Korean military personnel. Detailed description and context: https://t.co/up9Rxo7g1h pic.twitter.com/QL3agH9svF

— InformNapalm (@InformNapalm) January 12, 2025

Inform Napalm writes that it is extremely important for Moscow and Pyongyang to deny all available evidence and facts, including by creating fake documents to confuse and slow down Western decision-making on how to respond to the third party’s involvement in the war.

As previously reported, the seizure of such documents by the Special Operations Forces was reported on December 22.

The SOF seized a number of military documents; according to decrypted data, the actual names of the killed North Koreans are Ban Gook-jin, Lee Dae-hyuk, and Cho Chol-ho.

According to the Russian documents, they are Kim Canbolat Albertovic, Dongnk Jang Suropovic, and Belek Aganak Kap-oolovic.

These military cards lack all the stamps and photographs, the names are given in the Russian style, and the place of birth is signed as the Republic of Tyva.

Captured servicemen of the DPRK

On January 11, Militarnyi reported that the Ukrainian Defense Forces captured two DPRK soldiers in the Kursk region, who had already been taken to Kyiv.

Typically, Russians and other North Korean military personnel finish off their wounded and do everything they can to eliminate any evidence of another state, North Korea, participating in the war against Ukraine.

However, a soldier of the Tactical Group No. 84 of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Ukrainian paratroopers managed to successfully capture them.

Now, these two soldiers from North Korea are being provided with the necessary medical care.