North Korean soldiers have probably been killed fighting for the Kremlin on the front lines in Ukraine, South Korea has said. Kim Yong-hyun, South Korea’s defence minister, said reports that six North Korean officers were killed last week in a missile strike near Donetsk were “highly likely”.

North Korean soldiers are reported to have been killed fighting alongside Russian forces in the war in Ukraine, with the secretive state a supporter of Vladimir Putin's invasion

Tough international sanctions imposed after the invasion of Ukraine have led Moscow to turn to Pyongyang for military supplies and other help.View on euronews