By December, North Korea could send another 10,000 troops to Russia, South Korean intelligence suggests.
The South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) reported that approximately 3,000 North Korean military personnel are already in the Russian Federation. While 10,000 North Korean troops are expected to arrive in December. Now several thousand soldiers, including the elite 11th Corps and a special operations unit, are adapting to the local situation. Yonhap wrote this on Wednesday, October 23.
Currently, the total number of North Korean troops stationed in the Russian Federation is approximately 3,000. At the same time, North Korea is expected to send 10,000 additional troops in December.
“The total number of North Korean troops moved to Russia is about 3,000, and the deployment of about 10,000 troops planned by Russia and North Korea is expected in December,” the NIS said.
The information was confirmed by representatives of South Korean political forces (People’s Power Park Sung-won, member of the ruling party and opposition intelligence committee Lee Sung-kwon).
As you know, according to the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov, the first North Korean soldiers will arrive in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation to take part in the war against Ukraine on Wednesday, October 23.
Subsequently, it became known that the Russians were taking photos with North Korean military personnel in Moscow on Manezhnaya Square, according to the monument to Marshal Zhukov that was caught on camera.
Source: korrespondent
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