Ukrainian Special Operations Forces operators from the 8th Special Ops Regiment killed five North Korean soldiers in a gunfight and eliminated eight more using drones in Russia's Kursk Oblast on Jan. 7.

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SSO) have reported on Telegram the elimination of 13 North Korean soldiers during operations in Russia's Kursk Oblast.

Operators from the 8th Special Ops Regiment killed five North Korean soldiers in a gunfight and eliminated eight more using drones.

SSO operators inspected the bodies of the North Korean soldiers and their documents after the battle.

Items recovered from one soldier included a machine gun with a collimator sight, an 'Azart' Chinese-Russian radio station, a drone detector, and an ID card differing from standard military identification.

The soldier also carried a letter addressed to the Communist Party of North Korea.

Findings suggest the soldier might have been an officer.

Ukraine's Armed Forces are performing several strategic tasks on Russian territory. First - destroying the Sudzha grouping that tried to deploy and move toward Sumy. Second - a binding operation, drew about 70,000 troops, 20,000 of which are KIA and about the same number seriously wounded. Third - breaking the front architecture, creating a new northern front toward Moscow from the southeastern direction.

Ukrainian forces struck a command post of the Russian 810th Naval Infantry Brigade in Belaya, Kursk Oblast on January 7

Ukraine is currently engaged in a second offensive targeting Russia's Kursk region