As North Korea and Russia officially recognized the deployment of North Korean forces to the Ukraine war, the U.S. State Department stated that North Korean troop deployment and Russia's reciprocal assistance to North Korea should cease.

Kim Jong Un (left), the North Korean Chairman of the State Affairs Commission, and Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, are seen together boarding a vehicle in Pyongyang, North Korea. / Courtesy of Korean Central News Agency

According to Reuters, a U.S. State Department Spokesperson said in an email on the 27th (local time) that, "We continue to have concerns regarding North Korea's direct involvement in the war," and added, "North Korea's military deployment to Russia and any reciprocal assistance from Russia to North Korea must stop."

The Spokesperson noted that a third country like North Korea must be held responsible for the war, according to the report.

Earlier, North Korea officially confirmed the deployment to Russia through a statement released by the Central Military Commission of the Labor Party on that day. Russia also acknowledged for the first time the participation of North Korean forces on the 26th.

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