South Korea has expressed concern to China over its establishment of a no-sail zone in a provisional maritime area, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

Roughly 600 North Korean troops have been killed fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine, South Korean lawmakers said, citing the country's intelligence agency.

Both North Korea and Russia have suddenly acknowledged military deployment and active participation in the war against Ukraine.

They who fought for justice are all heroes and representatives of the honor of the motherland,” Kim Jong Un said.

The Center for Geopolitics, created by investment bank JPMorganChase, has released a report on the prospects for ending russia’s war against Ukraine. According

North Korea has fired various types of short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern sea, according to South Korea's military, which was analyzing whether the tests were linked to the North’s weapons exports to Russia amid the prolonged aggression in Ukraine.

On Tuesday, South Korean military officials announced that North Korea likely received help from Russia to develop a new air-to-air missile — a missile fired from an aircraft to destroy another aircraft — which is the kind of advanced weaponry that South Korea is attempting to build by 2032.

North Korea’s decision to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is part of a “sacred mission” to counter U.S. influence around the world, according to state-run media.

Russian strikes against targets across central and eastern Ukraine overnight injured at least six people, five of them passengers on a bus hit in the southern city of Kherson.