Russian state news agency RIA Novosti says North Korea will send thousands of military construction workers and deminers to Russia

MOSCOW: North Korea will send military builders and sappers to help restore Russia's western Kursk region after Ukraine's incursion, Russian news agencies cited Moscow's security chief as saying on Tuesday (Jun 17) on a trip to Pyongyang.

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday met with Sergei Shoigu, secretary of Russia's Security Council, in Pyongyang, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday. Kim and Shoigu discussed cooperation plans for what Russia calls its "special military operation" in the Kursk region bordering Ukraine,

Ukraine alleged Monday that Russia mixed bodies of its own dead soldiers among the Ukrainian military dead that have been returned, and that more than a million Russians have been killed since conflict began.

Ukraine received another 1,245 bodies of its soldiers killed in the war with Russia on Monday in the final stage of the repatriation of remains agreed at talks in Istanbul, Ukrainian officials said. "Today marks the final stage of the repatriation of fallen soldiers,

Red Cross members in protective suits walk towards refrigerator lorries with the bodies of killed Ukrainian soldiers Ukraine and Russia have completed an exchange of dead bodies - the final stage of a deal to bring home fallen soldiers.

World leaders had hoped to secure U.S. backing for tougher sanctions on Russia, which struck Ukraine with missiles and drones overnight.

Six of the Group of Seven leaders discussed Russia's war in Ukraine and international cooperation on key, non-military issues, wrapping up a summit that was forced to try and demonstrate how the wealthy nations’ club still can shape world events despite the early departure of U.