After months of rapt attention focusing on the thousands of North Koreans battling alongside Moscow's troops close to Russia's border with Ukraine, Pyongyang's fighters appear to have vanished. It has been roughly three weeks since Ukraine detected North Korean soldiers being involved in Russia's attempts to push Kyiv's forces from Kursk,

North Korean troops have not been seen on the front lines in Ukraine for weeks now. After taking “big losses,” it’s unclear if they’re retreating for good or just temporarily rotating out.