Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for a "strong response" from international partners to North Korea's involvement in Russia's war against Ukraine, citing evidence that Pyongyang has begun sending troops.

U krainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said North Korea is preparing to send 10,000 troops to help Russia’s war on Ukraine, in a sign of deepening military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang.

North Korea "is getting involved in the war" with Ukraine and is preparing tens of thousands of soldiers to fight alongside Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday, in what would be a widening of the war at a moment when Kyiv and Moscow are looking for new ways to refill their ranks.

North Korea is sending its citizens to help Russia’s military fight Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky has said, increasing concerns about the alliance between Moscow and the secretive state.

South Korean intelligence has found that North Korea has dispatched 12,000 troops including special operation forces to support Russia’s war against Ukraine, news reports said Friday, a development that could bring a third country into the war and intensify a standoff between North Korea and the West.

Austin III made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday to bolster support for the war effort as Ukrainian forces steadily lose ground to Russian troops and allies stop short of fully endorsing Ukraine’s latest plan to end the conflict.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit today, as a flurry of reports — including from South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency — indicated that North Korea dispatched a contingent of elite troops to Ukraine to fight alongside Russian forces in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says his country has intelligence that North Korean troops are being prepared to join Russian forces in Ukraine.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit Monday, hours after a Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian capital and as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pushes Western partners to keep providing military support for the war.