Ukraine will be a member of NATO in the future, Secretary-General of NATO Mark Rutte said Thursday in Brussels, where he is chairing a meeting of NATO ministers of defense.

BRUSSELS — Ukraine's president accused North Korea on Thursday (Oct 17) of deploying officers alongside Russia and preparing to send thousands of troops to help Moscow's war effort, although Nato's chief said there was no evidence of Pyongyang's presence at this stage.

Ukraine called on its allies on Wednesday to impose new sanctions on Pyongyang after it said North Korea had become a de facto participant in the war in Ukraine on Russia's side. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told parliament in a speech to outline his victory plan that his spy services had confirmed North Korea's supply of both weapons and people to Russia,

Ukraine says North Korean military engineers have been sent to Russia to check how well missiles are launching.