South Korean intelligence has found that North Korea has dispatched 12,000 troops including special operation forces to support Russia’s war against Ukraine, news reports said Friday, a development that could bring a third country into the war and intensify a standoff between North Korea and the West.

North Korean soldiers have been filmed receiving uniforms and equipment at a training ground in Russia’s far east, appearing to confirm reports from South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) that 1,

North Korea has decided to send four brigades totaling 12,000 soldiers to support Russia in its war against Ukraine. This is reported by Yonhap, citing Seoul's intelligence. South Korean

SEOUL: North Korea's decision to deploy thousands of soldiers to Ukraine's front lines cements Pyongyang's contentious military alliance with Moscow, experts told AFP, and pulls Rus

South Korea and Ukraine warned that North Korea is preparing to send a sizable number of troops to help Russia’s war on Ukraine in a sign of deepening military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang.

Jean-Noël Barrot, France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, has suggested that if the North Korean military does indeed join the Russian war against Ukraine on the Kremlin's side, it would be a serious development,

Ukraine and South Korea have indicated that North Korea is getting more involved in Russia's war against Ukraine. There are conflicting accounts as to whether there are already North Korean troops in occupied Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelensky claims North Korea is preparing to send 10,000 soldiers to fight alongside Russian military, calling it the ‘first step to a world war’