Russians have reportedly been told to kill North Korean troops so they are not captured by Ukrainians, an expert has said. South Korea has also claimed that Kim Jong Un's soldiers have been told to end their own lives lest they are taken as prisoners of war.

Ukraine’s president released a video of the two soldiers being interrogated, revealing they knew little about the war they were sent to fight in.

Two wounded North Korean soldiers have been captured as prisoners of war by Ukrainian troops in Russia's Kursk Oblast, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday. The two men are receiving "necessary medical assistance" and are in the custody of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in Kyiv,