The first units of North Korean troops trained in Russia have been deployed in the Kursk region, a Russian border area, Ukraine's military intelligence service said.

Ukraine has said that up to 12,000 North Korean soldiers may be mobilized to fight alongside Russian soldiers.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday did not deny a U.S. claim that North Korea has dispatched 3,000 troops to Russia but said it was up to Moscow to decide how they might be deployed, including possibly sending them to fight on the front lines against Ukraine. Top U.S. officials said...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says North Korean troops are to be sent into battle as early as Sunday. Berlin has said the development would be a clear escalation. DW has more.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russia could send North Korean troops into battle as early as Sunday and urged international pressure on the Kremlin and Pyongyang.

The United States said there is evidence that North Korean troops are in Russia, a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv had learned that two North Korean military units were training in Russia for potential combat in Ukraine. VOA Pentagon Correspondent Carla Babb reports.

TOKYO: Japan said on Friday (Oct 25) it was following with "serious concern" indications that North Korean troops are in Russia ahead of their possible deployment in Ukraine. "The Japanese government is ... monitoring the deployment of soldiers by North Korea to Russia with serious concern, including the p

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that it was Russia's business whether or not it decided to use North Korean troops and said that if Ukraine wanted to join NATO then Moscow could do what it wanted to ensure its own security.

While North Korea’s contribution to the Russian war effort is already known (their armaments industry is producing as many shells as Russia itself – and more than all ...

Russia has lost more than 600,000 troops in the war in Ukraine and now Putin is turning to Kim Jong Un for help

Ukraine 's intelligence services released audio of what they claim to be Russian troops moaning about the arrival of North Korean fighters and squabbling about how they will be equipped

North Korea has deployed 12,000 troops to Russia’s Kursk region to assist Moscow in its ongoing war with Ukraine.

Zelenskyy said that international leaders cannot be complacent over the presence of North Korean soldiers in Russia.

Putin says it is up to Moscow how to run its mutual defence clause with Pyongyang and accused the West of escalating the Ukraine war.

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol has warned his government 'won't sit idle' after North Korea sends 12,000 troops to back Russia's war in Ukraine

Kim Jong-Un is sending some of his best soldiers to Russia to help Vladmir Putin win the war against Ukraine. Sources told The Mirror that Ukraine feels 'abandoned' by its allies