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Russia to Free Up Manpower by Replacing Border Troops With North Korean Soldiers, Ukraine Says

Summary by Kyiv Post
The statement coincides with recent assertions that Russia is delaying its mobilization drive despite high battlefield attrition.

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The problems "dramatics of the troops facing Russia affect how its forces are acting on the Ukrainian front and have led to a tactical change," Kyiv Post's editor-in-chief said.

·Bucharest, Romania
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Russia would face a severe personnel crisis on the Ukrainian front and could again call for North Korea's support to free its own troops from border regions' security missions, according to statements quoted by the Ukrainian press.

·Romania
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Ukraine claims that the North Korean military could be deployed in Russia's border regions to replace the Russian troops stationed there. The measure would allow Moscow to transfer thousands of troops to the active sectors of the Ukrainian front. Bohdan Nahaylo, editor-in-chief of the Kyiv Post, told TVP World that Russia urgently needs additional troops and that Moscow would be willing to accept North Korea's support for this purpose. According…

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Kyiv Post broke the news in Kyiv, Ukraine on Monday, August 17, 2026.
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