Some 11,000 North Korean soldiers have already arrived in the Russian border area of Kursk, according to Kiev on Monday, amid fears they are to be deployed in Ukraine. "We see an increase in the number of North Koreans,

North Korean troops have been fired upon for the first time since sending thousands of soldiers to fight alongside Russians against Ukraine, according to a Ukrainian official. Andrii Kovalenko, Ukraine’s head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council,

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he spoke to South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and told him 3,000 North Korean soldiers are already near the front line.