‘Significant number’ of North Koreans were killed, report says

Russia refuses to confirm its plans for estimated 10,000 North Korean troops expected to fight alongside it in Ukraine

Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said a "small group" of North Korean soldiers were attacked.

North Korean troops recently deployed to help Russia in its war with Ukraine have come under Ukrainian fire, a Kyiv official said Tuesday. It is the first time a Ukrainian official has claimed that Pyongyang’s units were struck, following a deployment that has given the war a new complexion as…

“The first North Korean troops have already been shelled, in the Kursk region,” a Kyiv official said Tuesday.

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- North Korean troops have entered combat with Ukrainian forces, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, calling the engagement a "new page of instability in the world."

North Korea’s deployment of troops to support Russia in Ukraine has solidified the split between North and South Korea, putting an end to any notion of peaceful reunification. While North Korea’s

Western and Ukrainian officials have called the appearance of North Korean forces on the battlefield a major escalation.