North Korea confirms troop deployment to Russia for first time in KCNA report

North Korea officially confirms troop deployment to fight with Russia against Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin thanked North Korean soldiers for helping to reclaim control of the Kursk regio, a development that Ukrainian officials deny.

Putin Thanks North Korea for Helping Retake Kursk as Pyongyang Confirms Troop Deployment

President Vladimir Putin on Monday thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for sending troops to help Russia reclaim territory from Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region.

North Korea Admits Sending Troops To Fight For Russia In War Against Ukraine

North Korea 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 Russian border region of Kursk.

Ukraine-Russia latest: North Korea confirms it sent troops to Putin’s war

Kim Jong Un says his troops were sent to Ukraine war to liberate Kursk area in cooperation with Putin’s forces

​North Korea Confirms It Sent Troops to Fight for Russia

Its leader, Kim Jong-un, ordered a monument for soldiers killed in the war against Ukraine and praised their “heroism and bravery​.”

North Korea confirms that it dispatched troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine

U.S., South Korean and Ukraine intelligence officials have said North Korea dispatched about 10,000-12,000 troops to Russia last fall in its first participation in a major armed conflict since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. But North Korea hadn't confirmed or denied its reported troop deployments to Russia until Monday.