"It is our dream to obtain these (security) guarantees this year and to end the war this year. We will do everything to achieve this," President Zelensky said in an interview with Italian broadcaster RaiNews24 on Jan.

Ukraine has published the diary of a slain North Korean soldier in Russia’s Kursk that shows how troops from Pyongyang are attempting to combat drones. The soldier, named Gyeong Hong Jong, in his diary,

North Korean soldiers are expected to be live bait for Ukrainian drones. The grim tactic is revealed in a crude, blue-ink sketch in a fallen North Korean soldier’s diary. The drawing shows a stick-figure soldier labelled “bait” standing still to lure a drone so that two of his comrades can try to shoot it down, reports the Wall Street Journal.

A diary found on the body of a North Korean soldier killed on the front lines of the Ukraine war reveals the grim way they’re being used as cannon fodder in Russia’s invasion.

This matters because, if true, all it would take to stop the bloodshed is for the West to close the door to NATO and stop sending Ukraine weapons. If not, those decisions would simply help the Kremlin achieve its goals of territorial conquest, and promise a widening radius for destabilization.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted videos Sunday of two North Korean soldiers captured while fighting in Russia's Kursk region. They are "the first captured soldiers from North Korea," but "there will undoubtedly be more," Zelenskyy said on X. He offered to exchange the North Korean prisoners for Ukrainian troops held in Russia.