KYIV (Reuters) -North Korean troops based in Russia are operating drones across the border into Ukraine on reconnaissance missions, the Ukrainian military said on Thursday, the first time Kyiv has reported a battlefield role for North Koreans in months.

Thousands of North Korean troops fought last year alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk region against Ukrainian troops who mounted their biggest incursion into Russia of the war.

Ukraine later said the North Koreans were withdrawn after suffering heavy casualties. Ukrainian troops were pushed out of Kursk in March this year and have not reported engaging North Koreans on the battlefield since.

In a statement on Facebook, the Ukrainian General Staff said North Korean units were now operating drones from the Kursk region to find Ukra

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