(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he had been briefed about North Korea's involvement in the war in his country and Russia's plans for this autumn and winter.

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North Korea is sending its citizens to help Russia’s military fight Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky has said, increasing concerns about the alliance between Moscow and the secretive state.

Ukraine urged international organizations on Sunday to respond to reports of Ukrainian prisoners of war being executed in Russia's Kursk region. Ukraine's human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on Telegram that he sent letters to the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross regarding the case,

Ukraine's human rights ombudsman has denounced the alleged execution of nine Ukrainian troops by Russian forces in the Kursk border region. Dmytro Lubinets said he had written to the United Nations and the Red Cross about the allegations,

Russian pro-war milbloggers have reacted to yet more reports of Ukrainian POWs being executed by Moscow’s forces by seeking to justify the killings, while some have even called for more. In the latest case of what appears to be an increasingly common occurrence,