Ukraine’s forces have captured two North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday, the first such claim by Kyiv since North Korea sent thousands of troops to shore up Moscow's war effort on the other side of the world.

The wounded fighters were taken to Kyiv for questioning, authorities said, where they could reveal details of Pyongyang’s cooperation with Moscow.

The two captured soldiers have been transported to Kyiv for investigation and medical treatment. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the U.S. has carefully calibrated its sanctions of the Russian energy sector, fearing a sharp rise in global oil prices and the cost