North Korean troops to be deployed in Ukraine by Russia in days – Zelenskyy

Mr Zelenskyy claimed North Korean soldiers could be deployed by th weekend (AP)

North Korean troops are poised to be deployed by Russia on the battlefield in Ukraine as early as this weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has claimed.

Western officials have warned that such a development would stoke the almost three-year war and bring geopolitical consequences as far away as the Indo-Pacific region.