The US says North Korean troops are engaged in the fight against Ukraine

North Korean soldiers have begun fighting alongside their Russian allies against Ukraine, the US State Department said, after Pyongyang sent thousands of troops to Russia's Kursk region to support the Kremlin's war effort.

“Today I can confirm that over 10,000 DPRK troops have been deployed to eastern Russia and most of them have been relocated to the far western Kursk region where they have begun engaging in combat operations with Russian forces,” a spokesman said of the Foreign Ministry Vedant Patel said in a briefing on Tuesday, using the initials of the North's official name.