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Pyongyang has sent up to 12,000 troops to help support Russia’s invasion of its neighbourNorth Korean troops have been killed during combat against Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region, according Ukraine’s military intelligence agency and t…
New plans include more aircraft and drones to grow foothold as other powerful countries seek base in far northCanada will boost its military and diplomatic presence in the Arctic to counter what it calls threats from Russia and others seeking a foothol…
This blog is now closed, you can read more of our Ukraine war coverage herePoland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk traveled Saturday to his country’s border with the Russian region of Kaliningrad to inspect progress in the construction of military fortific…
Russian defence minister says on visit that cooperation between the countries growing ‘in all areas’ while Kim Jong-un vows North will ‘invariably support’ Moscow’s war. What we know on day 1,011See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage Continue reading….
Regional leaders meet after undersea telecoms cables severed, while Chinese ship remains at anchor nearbyThe Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, has said the Baltic sea is now a “high risk” zone as he met Nordic and Baltic leaders days after a sus…
Diane Abbott MP, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Ayoub Khan MP, Shockat Adam MP, Iqbal Mohamed MP, Adnan Hussain MP, Brian Eno, Alex Gordon, Fran Heathcote, Sophie Bolt and Lindsey German say diplomacy is the only path to peace. Plus, Laurie Farnum on why Russia can…
Comments part of debate over whether Beijing backs Kim Jong-un’s decision to send troops to fight in UkraineChina is increasingly uncomfortable about North Korea’s engagement with Russia and finds the growing cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow un…
Kremlin dispatched weapons as payment for 10,000 troops deployed to support war in Ukraine, says South Korean officialRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesRussia has sent air defence missiles and other military technology to North Korea in return fo…
Russian president transfers more than 70 animals from Moscow to Pyongyang amid strengthening ties with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un during Ukraine warRussia has transferred more than 70 animals, including an African lion, two brown bears and 45 pheasants …
Kaja Kallas says Ukraine’s victory in war is ‘a priority for us all’, adding that it is also in the US interestChina should face “a higher cost” for supporting Russia in the war against Ukraine, the EU’s incoming foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has …
Seoul’s military says several vessels and dozens of civilian planes disrupted, a week after Pyongyang fired what it called its most powerful solid-fuel ICBM missileNorth Korea staged GPS jamming attacks on Friday and Saturday, Seoul’s military said – a…
Soldiers holding chunk of enemy territory in Kursk have been learning Korean phrases and are unconcerned by threat from reinforcementsVitalii Ovcharenko, a Ukrainian soldier, has been learning a new language: Korean. “I’ve picked up a few phrases. They…
The entry of North Korean troops risks a dangerous escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. It also puts Beijing in a tight spotIn October 1950, barely a year after the Chinese civil war ended, Mao Zedong sent the first Chinese soldiers to fight in t…
Pyongyang’s envoy to the United Nations says buildup is to counter threat from ‘hostile nuclear weapons states’North Korea’s UN envoy has said Pyongyang will accelerate a buildup of its nuclear weapons programme just days after it test-fired an interco…
Kim Jong-un says his army is the ‘strongest in the world’ but they are vulnerable to illness and none have seen combat beforeDepending on whom you ask, they are the boost that Russian forces need to make a significant breakthrough in Ukraine, or they a…