A North Korean general was injured and several officers sent by Pyongyang to Russia’s Kursk region were killed last week when Ukraine launched British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles at a Russian command centre, according to a Ukrainian official.

The audio recording reveals what appears to be a senior North Korean military officer conducting a communication check and urging others to move quickly. Read also: North Korean troops already fighting in Russia’s Kursk Oblast - GenStaff "Move faster!

In Maryino, located in the Kursk region, a North Korean general was wounded in an attack on a sanatorium. Several other North Korean officers were killed, according to Financial Times. As a source for the agency reports,

Ukraine's General Staff has reported that over 11,000 North Korean military personnel are stationed in Russia's Kursk Oblast and they have participated in combat against Ukraine's defence forces. Source: Radio Svoboda citing Anatolii Barhylevych,

Russian forces have managed to reclaim territory from Ukrainian soldiers in the Kursk region, new assessments have found.

It is the first time that Western officials have confirmed that a high-ranking North Korean military officer has become a casualty in the escalating Russia-Ukraine conflict.

The UK government recently supplied Ukraine with dozens more Storm Shadow cruise missiles, according to people familiar with the matter, a first under Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who has pledged continued support for the country’s war against Russia.

It was the first shipment of missiles by the Labour government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The exact dates and quantities of the deliveries, which were not publicly announced, remain undisclosed for operational security reasons.