Breitbart.com reports: “The communist government of North Korea confirmed on Monday that it had sent troops to fight against Ukrainian forces in Kursk, Russia, a border region that Ukraine attacked in August 2024 after two years of Russian invasion.

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the flagship propaganda outlet of the North Korean government, claimed that the country’s forces were pivotal in the alleged expulsion of Ukrainian forces from Kursk and claimed that Pyongyang’s cooperation with Moscow opened a ‘new chapter in history’ between the two countries. The confirmation followed a statement from the Kremlin claiming that Russia had ‘liberated’ Kursk from Ukrainian control and commending North Korea’s role in that operation; the Ukrainian government has since denied that it is operating in the region…”