NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed the presence of North Korean troops in the Kursk oblast, russia. He stated this at a briefing on October 28, as reported by Suspilne.
"Today, I can confirm that North Korean troops have been sent to russia and that North Korean units have been deployed in the Kursk oblast. The deployment of troops from North Korea represents a significant escalation regarding this country's long-standing involvement in russia's illegal war and is yet another violation of UN Security Council resolutions, posing a dangerous expansion of the war waged by russia", - Rutte said.
He urged russia and North Korea to "immediately stop these actions" and emphasized that deepening military cooperation between these states poses a threat to both Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic security.