Ukrainian troops have entered combat against North Korean soldiers in Kursk, a member of the country’s national security and defense council claimed. Andrii Kovalenko, a high-ranking official in the council’s anti-disinformation branch,

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Monday he had discussed with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock the "need for decisive action" in response to North Korean involvement in the war with Russia.

It comes after the United States confirmed that North Korea sent troops to Russia in what could mark a dramatic escalation in the war with Ukraine.