North Korea confirms troop deployment to Russia for first time, several media report

North Korea admits for first time it sent soldiers to fight for Russia in Ukraine war

North Korea says Kim Jong-un made the decision to deploy troops to Russia under the strategic partnership treaty he signed with Vladimir Putin in 2024.

Russia's head of state Putin has praised the deployment of North Korean soldiers in fighting against Ukrainian troops as a "healing act". The Russian people will never forget their support in the Russian border region Kursk, said Putin, according to a statement by the Kremlin. Ukrainian troops had invaded Russian territory in August.

For First Time, North Korea Confirms Its Troops Are in Russia

North Korea confirmed Monday for the first time that it sent troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine, saying the deployment was meant to help Russia regain its Kursk region that Ukrainian forces seized in a surprise incursion last year, the AP reports. US, South Korean, and Ukraine...

Putin says North Korean 'friends' helped Russia push Ukraine out of Kursk

North Korean authorities confirmed for the first time that the country's forces fought against Ukrainian troops in Russia's Kursk region.

Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday for the “fight” of his country’s fighters who fought for Russia against Ukraine’s forces in the Russian region of Kursk, which Moscow claims he managed to fully retake. Putin thanked Kim shortly after North Korea first confirmed this Monday that his country’s troops were deployed in Kursk, months after South Korea and several Western powers accused Pyongyang of se…

For the first time, Pyongyang confessed to having engaged his troops on the Moscow side to repel the Ukrainian forces engaged in the Kursk region.