▲ This undated image captured from the Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security of Ukraine shows soldiers suspected to be North Koreans receiving apparent Russian military gear. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

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Ukrainian media reports 500 N. Korean soldiers killed in Kyiv's missile strike on Kursk

SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- A Ukrainian media outlet has reported that about 500 North Korean soldiers were killed in a missile strike by Kyiv in Russia's western Kursk region.

Citing Global Defense Corp., a defense news publisher, RBC Ukraine said the North Korean soldiers were killed "as a result of the Storm Shadow missile strike on the Kursk region."

South Korean and U.S. officials said North Korea sent more than 10,000 troops to Russia in support of its invasion against Ukraine.

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