Ukraine's military intelligence service said on Thursday (Oct 24) that the first North Korean units trained in Russia had been deployed in the Kursk region , a Russian border area where Ukrainian forces staged a major incursion in August. The Kremlin has previously dismissed reports about the North's troop deployment as "fake news." But Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that it was Moscow's business to implement a partnership treaty with Pyongyang. Putin did not deny that North