North Korean soldiers complain about going hungry, so Russia sends in general

North Korean soldiers fighting for Moscow in the Kursk region of Russia have reportedly been complaining about a lack of food.

According to the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) media outlet, dissatisfaction had been growing among the ranks of the Korean People's Army troops due to the insufficient amount of rations that are being provided.

In order to overcome the problem, DIU said Russian officials sent Major General Mevlyutov, the Deputy Commander for Resource Support of the Leningrad Military District, to the frontline in Kursk.

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It said he immediately ordered rations to be issued from the supplies of a Russian unit, which it identified as the 11th Air Assault Brigade.

DIU said Russia was continuing to deploy North Korean forces in Kursk.

The outlet said soldiers from the 92nd and 94th Special Forces Brigades of the Korean People's Army were under the operational command of Russia's 22nd Motorised Rifle Regiment, the 810th Separate Marine Brigade and the above-mentioned 11th Air Assault Brigade.

Last month, the United States State Department confirmed around 10,000 North Korean soldiers were actively fighting alongside Russian forces.

An estimated combined force of 50,000 Russian and North Korean troops are in the Kursk region.

Ukrainian media outlet Online.UA said Ukrainian positions in Kurshchyna were being targeted with rocket strikes and artillery fire, although there had been no all-out assault just yet.

But officials said they expected a large-scale attack involving North Korean troops to be made in the coming days.