The wounded fighters were taken to Kyiv for questioning, authorities said, where they could reveal details of Pyongyang’s cooperation with Moscow.

President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine's forces have captured two North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian troops in Russia's Kursk border region.

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, according to Zelensky.

Ukraine claimed Saturday to have struck one of Russia’s largest oil refineries in a drone attack, starting a fire at the facility more than 700 miles into Russian territory.

Massed Russian aerial attacks using long-range drones have been a near-daily occurrence over Ukraine in the past several months, as Moscow looks to exhaust Kyiv's air defences alm

Russia launched 74 Shahed-type attack drones and dummy drones against Ukraine overnight, the Air Force reported. Forty-seven drones were shot down over 11 oblasts, while 27 dummy drones were lost in the airspace,

At the end of Joe Biden's term, the White House announced sanctions on the Russian energy sector to increase pressure on Russia. However, experts point out that they were introduced too late and further steps are necessary.

The US and Britain on Friday announced sanctions against Russia's energy sector just days before outgoing President Joe Biden leaves office.