North Korea has sent more than 100 KN-23 and KN-24 short-range nuclear capable ballistic missiles to Russia, according to Ukraine's Defense Intelligence. Pyongyang joined the fray in August and is reinforcing Moscow's troops in Kursk after Kyiv launched an ...

According to Western sources, for the first time since the start of the collaboration with Russia, a high-ranking North Korean soldier has been wounded. It happened in a recent Ukrainian attack in the Russian region of Kursk.

"What we're seeing is that (North Korean troops are) positioned around the Kursk region, not moving into Ukraine at the moment," Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said on Nov. 25 during a press briefing.

Kyiv said it found foreign-made parts inside North Korea's KN-23 and KN-24 short-range ballistic missiles.

Ukraine has been hit by a surge in Russian ballistic missile attacks, about a third of which used North Korean weapons that can only fly because they run on Western circuitry, obtained despite sanctions,

North Korea is expanding a key weapons production complex that assembles KN-23 short-range ballistic missiles used by Russia against Ukraine, Reuters reported on Nov.25.

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko issued a warning to South Korea against supplying lethal aid to Ukraine, saying that the move would "fully destroy relations" between the two countries.

North Korea is advancing its nuclear capabilities, raising security concerns for South Korea amidst discussions of U.S.-North Korea dialogue.