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North Korea deploys troops to Russia for Ukraine conflict, sparking concerns among Western leaders. South Korea contemplates providing weapons to Ukraine a...

Russia-Ukraine conflict escalates with drone strikes, North Korea's involvement, and casualties reported. Stay informed with AP's coverage.

Thousands of young North Korean elite troops sent to Russia lack combat experience and local knowledge

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North Korean troops in Russia near Ukrainian border raise concerns of potential combat involvement. President Biden and South Korea express worries over th...

Finland’s president says that North Korea’s dispatch of troops to Russia represents an escalation of the Russia-Ukraine war that goes against China’s own stated position on the conflict

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently accused North Korea of plans to send 10,000 soldiers to fight for Russia in Ukraine. South Korean intelligence later gave credence to Zelenskyy’s assertion, as the country’s legislators noted that North Korea has already dispatched 3,000 soldiers to Russia.

The US says it will not impose new limits on Ukraine’s use of its weapons if North Korea joins Russia’s war.

Moscow said Tuesday it had seized the war-battered mining town of Selydove in eastern Ukraine where Kyiv's forces are buckling and as concern grows in Kyiv and abroad over North Korea's expanding military ties with Russia.