Pyongyang sent troops to help repel Ukrainian invasion in western Russia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov began his three-day visit to North Korea on Saturday, highlighting growing cooperation between the two countries during the Ukraine conflict. Moscow and Pyongyang signed a defense pact in June 2024, after which North Korea deployed troops to help repel a large-scale Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region. During a meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui in