US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said Wednesday that the US and its allies are “alarmed” by North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats as well as its increasing military support for Russia’s war in Ukraine.

A year and a half after the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian leader was meeting the North Korean dictator at a cosmodrome in the Russian Far East to exchange favors. What seemed like a desperate measure — turning to one of the poorest and most isolated countries on the planet — was also logical: Pyongyang’s huge Soviet-era arsenals could feed the Russian military machine.

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.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he had been briefed about North Korea's involvement in the war in his country and Russia's plans for this autumn and winter. North Korea, a burgeoning Kremlin ally,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had been briefed by Ukrainian intelligence services about what he described as North Korea's "effective involvement" in Russia's war in his country.

North Korea is sending arms and soldiers to support Russian troops, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. He made the comments on Sunday during his daily address to the nation, adding Ukraine's relations with western partners must develop to keep the opposing alliance at bay.