North Korean soldiers are training to fight for Russia, Ukraine says
Ukrainian intelligence believes that North Korea is sending thousands of its own soldiers to fight for Russia against Ukraine, a source tells NBC News.
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian intelligence believes that North Korea has expanded its support for Russia’s war in Ukraine from providing weapons to sending thousands of its own soldiers to fight for the Kremlin, a source tells NBC News.
The news was previously reported by various outlets.
“The first units are already being formed for deployment to the border areas and Russian territories,” the intelligence source said Tuesday.
Several thousand soldiers were being trained in Russia’s Far East, the source added.
“These units are also being equipped and prepared for dispatch,” possibly in the direction of Kursk, a Russian region where Ukrainian forces launched an incursion in August.
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