And that's it, they entered the war? If they did, only one survived VIDEO

Multiple sources are sharing the video on social media, but so far there is no official confirmation of the authenticity of these claims.

Some social media accounts are labeling the video as propaganda, suggesting it is fabricated, while others claim it is genuine, claiming they can identify the North Korean dialect spoken by the alleged survivor.

Meanwhile, Korean news site news.naver.com published a report on the footage in Korean. The video shows a man with visible facial injuries lying in a hospital bed. His speech is terse and fragmented, with English subtitles.

According to these subtitles, a unit of 40 North Korean soldiers was left under heavy Ukrainian artillery fire and drone attack in the Kursk region.

A wounded soldier says: "The Russian army lied to us saying that we would not be attacked if we stayed in protected zones... and that we would never be deployed to the front lines."

The soldier further claims: "However, the Russian army recklessly forced us into the offensive during the Battle of Kursk.

They did not conduct any reconnaissance before the attack and left us with no weapons to defend ourselves.

"When Ukraine attacked... There were 40 of us, including my friends Hyeok-cheol and Gieong-hwan, and they were all killed," he added.

"The Russian soldier's head was blown off by shrapnel... I survived only by hiding under the bodies of my fallen comrades," described the North Korean soldier.

"I heard stories about the liberation war from my grandfather, but nothing like this. In reality, we… our comrades were treated as food, sacrificed. Ukrainian soldiers are well armed with the latest weapons and highly motivated... On the other hand, the Russian army suffered heavy losses in equipment and is recklessly deploying soldiers like us on the offensive. This is truly the evil of this world," the video's English caption reads.

"I saw with my own eyes the mountains of corpses of Russian soldiers, as well as the destroyed defense positions. Putin will lose this war," the soldier allegedly concludes in the video.

Zelensky denies?

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that North Korean forces in Russia have not yet faced Ukrainian troops, nor have they participated in battles.

"To date, North Korean forces have not participated in the fighting. They are preparing to join the battle in Kursk," Zelensky said, dismissing media reports that North Korean and Ukrainian forces had already clashed and that North Korean soldiers had died in the fighting.

He also dismissed a CNN report that claimed some North Korean soldiers had crossed into Ukraine, calling it false.

However, he warned that conflicts could soon become a reality.

"Not yet, but it looks like this issue will come up in a few days, not months," Zelensky said.