What you need to know
Both the United States and South Korea have called for the withdrawal of North Korean troops they say are currently stationed in Russia.
Pyongyang has so far denied sending troops to Russia, but its vice foreign minister has said that such a deployment would be in line with global norms if it were to happen.
Meanwhile, at least one child has been killed and dozens of other people injured in a Russian strike on an apartment building in Kharkiv.
Rescue operations have been complicated, as there is a threat the building may collapse, according to local officials.
Here is a roundup of developments regarding Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, October 31
Zelenskyy says West’s reaction to North Korea deployment ‘has been zero’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Kyiv’s Western allies have failed to adequately respond to the involvement of North Korean troops in Russia’s war with Kyiv.
In an interview released Thursday, the Ukrainian leader said Russian President Vladimir Putin was “testing the reaction of the West, of NATO states and the reaction of South Korea.”
“And if there is nothing — and I think that the reaction to this is nothing, it has been zero — then the number of North Korean troops on our border will be increased,” he added.
Zelenskyy’s comments came after the US and South Korean defense chiefs demanded that Pyongyang withdraw its troops from Russia. They warned that North Korean soldiers in Russian uniforms were being deployed for possible action against Ukrainian forces.
