US EditionNorth Korea may send military construction workers to Russia as early as July or August
- South Korean intelligence reported on Thursday that North Korea plans to send 6,000 additional troops, including military construction workers, to Russia as early as July or August.
- This follows Pyongyang's April confirmation that it deployed troops to support Russia's war in Ukraine and admitted some soldiers were killed in combat, marking its first such admission.
- Sergei Shoigu, the top Russian security official, traveled to Pyongyang where he secured an agreement for North Korea to send 1,000 combat engineers and 5,000 construction personnel to assist in the reconstruction of the war-damaged Kursk region in Russia.
- Approximately 600 North Korean troops have died and several thousand have been injured while supporting Russia's military efforts, with Kim Jong Un publicly acknowledging intentions for ongoing collaboration, though without offering specific details.
- The troop reinforcements and military cooperation suggest North Korea has become a key Russian ally in the more than three-year-long Ukraine conflict, notably aiding Moscow's efforts in the Kursk area.
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Seoul warns thousands of North Koreans to arrive in Russia as early as July
North Korea will dispatch military engineers and construction workers to Russia around July or August, Seoul’s spy agency assessed, just as Moscow may be eyeing a new offensive against Kyiv. South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) made the assessment based on previous DPRK visits by Russia’s former defense minister Sergei Shoigu, with deployments taking place […]
North Korea apparently sends thousands more soldiers to support Russia in the war against Ukraine.
"20 Minutes" takes stock for you every night about the conflict in Ukraine. On Thursday, the arrival of a new contingent of North Korean soldiers to support the Russians was announced
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einnews.comNorth Korea likely to send more troops to Russia by August, South Korea says
North Korea is likely to send more troops to Russia as early as July or August to bolster Moscow's war effort against Ukraine, South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) said during a closed-door briefing, Yonhap reported on June 26.According to lawmakers briefed by the NIS, Pyongyang has already begun recruiting soldiers for deployment to Russia. The latest intelligence adds to growing concerns about the expanding scope of North Korea's …
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