Moscow and Pyongyang until now had responded vaguely to the South Korean and Western claims of the troop deployment. View on euronews

North Korea has confirmed for the first time it had deployed troops to Russia, with state news agency KCNA on Monday reporting that Pyongyang’s soldiers helped Moscow reclaim territory under Ukrainian control in the border region of Kursk.

Russia has, for the first time since the conflict between Moscow and Kyiv began, admitted that North Korean troops took part in its war against Ukraine, state media outlets in both Russia and South Korea reported.