NATO confirms that North Korea has sent troops to join Russia’s war in Ukraine

Associated Press

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO has confirmed that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia to aid in its war against Ukraine and that some have already been deployed in Russia’s Kursk region, where Russia is fighting a Ukrainian incursion. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte told reporters on Monday that the move represents “a significant escalation” in North Korea’s involvement in the conflict and marks “a dangerous expansion of Russia’s war.” He spoke after a high-level South Korean delegation including top intelligence and military officials as well as senior diplomats briefed the alliance’s 32 national ambassadors at NATO headquarters in Brussels.