A North Korean flag has reportedly been spotted in an occupied Ukrainian village in the Donbas, according to reports. South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) suggests that Pyongyang is planning to send up to 12,

A North Korean representative to the United Nations denied reports that Pyongyang had dispatched thousands of troops to aid Russia in its war against Ukraine, calling the claims "groundless."

South Korea has raised the prospect of sending weapons to Ukraine, in response to North Korea’s reported dispatch of troops to Russia to support Moscow’s war on Ukraine, underscoring the risk of a divided Korean peninsula getting dragged into the conflict.

This move marks the strongest indication yet that forces from the peninsula could find themselves in direct conflict on Ukrainian soil.