NATO chief confirms North Korean troops deployed in Russia's Kursk region

NATO has confirmed that North Korean troops have been sent to help Russia in its almost three-year war against Ukraine and said some have already been deployed in Russia’s Kursk border region, where Russia has been struggling to push back a Ukrainian incursion.”Today, I can confirm that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia, and that North Korean military units have been deployed to the Kursk region,” NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte told reporters on Monday.Mr Rutte said that the move represents “a significant escalation” in North Korea’s involvement in the conflict and marks “a dangerous expansion of Russia’s war”.Ukraine reports two dead in Russian missile attacksSeveral people have been injured in Russian air attacks on Ukraine’s north-eastern Kharkiv region. Meanwhile, Ukrainian drones have targeted ethanol plants in Russia’s Voronezh region.Adding thousands of North Korean soldiers to Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II will pile more pressure on Ukraine’s…