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...

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.

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

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

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.