German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has described reports of North Korean troops being sent to Russia as "very worrying." "This cannot be underestimated," he told journalists during his trip to India on Friday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is claiming that North Korean troops are poised to be deployed by Russia on the battlefield in Ukraine as early as this weekend

The U.S. government said it had evidence that at least 3,000 North Korean soldiers were being trained in Russia.

The U.S., South Korean and Japanese national security advisers expressed "grave concern" on Friday over the deployment of North Korean troops in Russia for possible use against Ukraine, the White House said.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that deploying North Korean soldiers in the Ukraine war would lead to NATO troops getting involved.

For more than a year, Russia has been leaning on its increasingly close ally North Korea for supplies of artillery shells and ballistic missiles to prosecute its grinding war in Ukraine. Now, about 3,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Russia plans to deploy North Korean troops to the battlefield starting Oct. 27-28, citing intelligence reports. "According to intelligence,

Vladimir Putin addressed satellite images which purportedly showed North Korean soldiers in Russian territory.

Vladimir Putin has tacitly acknowledged he has turned to North Korean soldiers to help him defeat Ukraine on the battlefield. While Russia could use Kim Jong-un’s troops, it's unclear what Russia’s president is giving up to North Korea’s temperamental dictator in return.