North Korean soldiers vanish from battlefield in Russia's Kursk Oblast Russia may offer North Korea drone and missile technology in exchange for North Korean troops joining the conflict in Kursk Oblast.

North Korean troops have not been seen on the frontlines in Russia’s Kursk region for several weeks, a Ukrainian military official said Friday, amid reports of mass casualties among Pyongyang’s forces.

North Korean soldiers previously fighting alongside Russia's army on the Kursk front line appear not to have been engaged in combat since mid-January, South Korea's spy agency told AFP on Tuesday, after Ukraine claimed they had been withdrawn following heavy losses.

Ukraine's president has said North Korean forces have returned to the front line in Russia's western Kursk region, after reports they had recently been withdrawn due to heavy casualties.

North Korean soldiers had been missing from combat, fueling speculation they were pulled back after taking heavy losses.

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