Putin’s North Koreans now in combat zone, Kyiv says – POLITICO

KYIV — Military units from North Korea have left their Russian training grounds and entered the zone of combat between Russian and Ukraine forces for the first time, the military defense intelligence service of Ukraine (HUR) said in a Thursday evening statement.

Ukrainian spies recorded the troops in Russia’s Kursk region on Wednesday, HUR said.

North Korean (DPRK) soldiers are being trained at five military sites in the far east of Russia, and will have to pass a training course lasting several weeks before being deployed in the war against Ukraine, HUR said. The United States confirmed Wednesday that thousands of North Koreans are training in Russia alongside Kremlin troops.