North Korean troops have not yet been deployed to the frontlines in the Russia-occupied Donbas region but could be in the future, according to Ukraine, following unconfirmed reports by Russian military bloggers about DPRK boots on the ground in Zaporizhzhia.

Two Ukrainian officials have dismissed the claims as unconfirmed, accusing Russia of spreading misinformation as the Trump administration pushes Europe and Ukraine to back its proposal to end the war.

Pyotr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the exiled Mariupol mayor and head of the Center for the Study of Occupation, saidin an interview on Tuesday that Kyiv hasn’t been able