(UPDATE) UNITED NATIONS — North Korea has not sent troops to Russia to help Moscow fight Ukraine, one of its representatives to the United Nations said on Monday, dismissing South Korea's claims as "groundless rumor."
Seoul's spy agency said last Friday that Pyongyang had initiated a "large-scale" troop deployment to help its ally, claiming that 1,500 members of its special forces were already training in Russia's Far East and ready to head soon for the frontlines of the war in Ukraine.
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