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Earlier this week, North Korea said its soldiers had helped "completely liberate" Russia's Kursk border region, eight months after Ukraine's surprise incursion.

In a report on state news agency KCNA, Pyongyang's military claimed its soldiers helped Russian forces "completely liberate" the Kursk border region, according to an order given by leader Kim Jong Un.

Ukraine has denied Russian claims that it has been forced out of Russia's Kursk region.

The allegations about Chinese soldiers fighting for Russia follows Ukraine's capture of two injured North Korean soldiers in Russia's Kursk Oblast.

His comments also referred to Russia's Kursk region, where Ukraine still holds a small area after a major offensive last year.