Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with a sophisticated combination of missiles and drones for the first time in 73 days on Wednesday, authorities reported, as the Pentagon said most of the North Korean troops sent to help Moscow’s war effort are fighting to drive Ukraine’s army off Russian soil in the Kursk border region.

The US Department of State has said that Russia's success on the battlefield using the North Korean military will depend on the level of their integration into the Russian army. Source: State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel at a briefing,

Russia has amassed a large force of tens of thousands — including recently arrived North Korean troops — to carry out an assault on the Ukrainian positions in Russia’s Kursk region expected in the coming days,

A Ukrainian official gave Business Insider further details about the first clashes between Ukrainian and North Korean troops in Russia's Kursk region.

Amid reports that Pyongyang’s troops are on the front lines, speculation is rampant among Ukrainian troops about when the first large-scale clashes will happen.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has spoken with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, focusing on the involvement of North Korean troops in Russia's aggression against Ukraine. Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter),

Ukraine's top military commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, has warned that the situation on the frontline is "challenging" and is "trending towards escalation" as North Korean troops prepare to enter the fi

A new warning has been issued by Ukraine's top military commander as North Korean troops enter the battlefield alongside Vladimir Putin's army.