The North Korean troops fighting for Russia are highly trained and will stop at nothing to avoid surrender, Ukrainian sources tell Sam Kiley, The Independent’s World Affairs Editor, in Sumy

All North Korean recruits are taught a song that includes a verse about saving their last bullet for themselves to avoid capture, one former soldier told NBC News.

North Korean artillery howitzers, originally intended for an attack on South Korea, are set to arrive at the front in the Kursk region in Russia, reports "The Telegraph". North Korean 170 mm calibre howitzers,