Moscow’s defense ministry has released footage of North Korean and Russian soldiers fighting side by side against Ukrainian forces for the first time, shortly after the allies belatedly acknowledged the DPRK’s troop deployment.

The video, published by the state-run Rossiyskaya Gazeta on Monday, was reportedly filmed during fighting to reclaim settlements in the Sudzhansky district of Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukraine launched an incursion last August.

The footage showcases North Korean and Russian fighters engaging in intense combat within the ruins of a building and along war-ravaged streets in Kursk. It also captures the use of a grenade launcher and