N. Korean soldiers temporarily pulled out from frontline sector: Report

North Korean soldiers appear to have been temporarily pulled back from one of the frontline sectors in Russia's Kursk Oblast.

A Special Operations Forces spokesperson told the Kyiv Independent this on Monday as North Korean forces reportedly suffered significant losses fighting against Ukrainian forces.

The spokesperson added that the North Korean soldiers had been fighting where Ukraine's 73rd Naval Special Operations Forces had been located.

According to a Pentagon official on the same day, Russian forces have taken back over 50 percent of the area of the Kursk region that Ukraine had previously captured and there are no signs of further North Korean troop deployment.