BRUSSELS — North Korean soldiers assisting Moscow have been deployed to Kursk, the Russian area controlled by Ukrainian troops, NATO chief Mark Rutte said Monday.
“I can confirm that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia and that North Korean military units have been deployed to the Kursk region,” Rutte told reporters, soon after a meeting with a senior official from South Korea’s intelligence service.
The NATO secretary-general added that he would call South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Ukraine’s Defense Minister Rustem Umerov later Monday.
This story is being updated.