Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shared on Saturday that his military had captured two North Korean soldiers who were fighting with Russia in the Kursk Region, marking a first in the war.

Ukraine's president adds that "for those North Korean soldiers who do not wish to return, there may be other options".

Ukraine has captured two North Korean soldiers and taken them prisoner, transporting them to Kyiv for questioning in what the country’s security services say is “ irrefutable evidence ” of Pyongyang ’s involvement in Russia’s war. Both soldiers were captured on 9 January in the Russian border region of Kursk, Kyiv said.