North Korea said on Saturday it had discovered the remains of a crashed South Korean military drone, suggesting it was on a propaganda mission in the latest confrontation between the two involving cross-border flying objects.

This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a South Korean drone found in Pyongyang, North Korea on Oct. 13, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government.

North Korea says it found the remains of a South Korean drone during a search in its capital, Pyongyang SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Saturday it found the remains of a South Korean drone during a search in its capital,

Ukrainian officials, including Kyiv's top diplomat, and South Korea's intelligence agency say North Korea is deploying thousands of troops to help Russia with its war against Ukraine.

North Korea has said it had found the remnants of a South Korean military drone and that any further "violation" of its territory would result in a "declaration of war." Tensions between the two sides of the peninsula have escalated since May when the North began flying balloons carrying garbage across the border to the South,