I can confirm that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia and some of them are located in the Kursk region, NATO Secretary General Mark announced today Rutte after a joint meeting of the North Atlantic Council and representatives of South Korea's intelligence and defense ministry at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, BTA reported.
Rütte described these actions as a "significant escalation" of the war in Ukraine and called on behalf of NATO for them to be stopped immediately. According to him, the deepening of ties between Moscow and Pyongyang is a threat to security.
Pyongyang has supplied millions of munitions to the Russian side and is supporting a conflict in the heart of Europe, thereby endangering world peace, Rutte said. In his words, sending North Korean soldiers to Kursk shows the "growing desperation" of Russian President Vladimir Putin. About 600,000 Russian soldiers have been wounded or killed since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Russia cannot continue the war without external support, Rutte summarized.