More than 200 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded in combat against Ukrainian troops in Kursk, according to Kyiv, with many of the injured soldiers transported to a hospital near Moscow.

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) also placed the death toll for DPRK troops at a minimum of 100 in a report to the National Assembly Intelligence Committee on Thursday, stating that this total includes some high-ranking officers and that the number of injured could rise as high as 1,000. 

The assessments by the two countries come after Ukraine reportedthat a “significant number” of North Korean