Approximately three thousand North Korean troops are located 50 kilometers from the border with Ukraine in the Kursk region of Russia.
The Financial Times writes that, according to South Korean intelligence, the first North Korean soldiers who arrived in Russia in early October belong to the elite 11th Army Corps of the North Korean Army, known as the “Storm Corps.”
Ukrainian intelligence doubts the combat capabilities of the North Koreans, calling them “inexperienced foot soldiers.”
According to the US Department of Defense, a certain number of military personnel from the DPRK are already in the Kursk region of Russia. If they cross the border of Ukraine, the latter must strike back, US President Joe Biden said.
The Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the DPRK Armed Forces, Kim Yong Bok, also arrived in the Russian Federation, whose role is unlikely to be command and control of the troops.
North Korean troops may be deployed to Ukraine sooner than expected, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yol, who has planned a visit to Ukraine, said.
Yun shared his assessment of North Korea’s troop movements during a phone call with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and called it a “serious” situation, Yonhap writes.
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