Pyongyang will "invariably support" Moscow, North Korea's supreme leader, Kim Jong-un, told a visiting Russian delegation last week.

Some of the North Korean soldiers deployed to fight for Russia have already been killed, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Kyodo News on Dec. 1 without revealing their numbers.

His statement follows the earlier numerous reports about North Korean soldiers stationed in Russia's Kursk Oblast, and even the first clashes with them in November. Read also: North Korea supplies Russia with over 100 artillery units and missiles – Defense Intelligence Zelenskyy highlighted that North Korean soldiers have already been killed in

"Our army lacks the strength to do that. That is true," President Volodymyr Zelensky told Kyodo News regarding the liberation of territories held by Russia since 2014, including Crimea.

Ukrainian President Zelensky says an offer of NATO membership to territory under Kyiv’s control would end “the hot stage of the war” with Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky said he might be willing to cede Russian-occupied portions of Ukraine to Russia in exchange for NATO membership for the rest of Ukraine.

Russia has ramped up its aerial attacks on Ukraine in recent weeks, targeting infrastructure as the weather has gotten colder.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Sunday that a week of "Russian aerial terror" saw Moscow launch around 500 bombs, 660 drones and 120 missiles into Ukraine.