The number of North Korean military personnel in Russia already amounts to about 12 thousand people, including 500 officers.
Ukrainian intelligence intercepted conversations between Russian military personnel about preparations to receive North Korean units in the Kursk region of Russia.
This was reported by the press service of the GUR of the Ministry of Defense.
Russian military personnel from the 810th separate marine brigade of the 18th army of the southern military district of Russia, which is participating in combat operations in the Kursk direction, are discussing organizational issues regarding the arrival of North Korean servicemen, provisionally called “Battalion K”.
“In order to organize interaction, the occupiers plan to assign one translator and three Russian servicemen to every 30 DPRK servicemen. However, the Russians themselves express doubts about the possibility of providing the newly arrived occupiers with Russian command staff,” Ukrainian intelligence notes.
The Russians express doubts about the possibility of providing the newly arrived occupiers with Russian command staff.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, the number of North Korean troops in Russia already amounts to about 12 thousand people, including 500 officers, including three generals from Pyongyang.< /p>
- Earlier, South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun called the DPRK troops sent to Russia for the war against Ukraine “mercenary cannon fodder.” He accused North Korean leader Kim Jong-un of “selling out” his army.
- Meanwhile, the Pentagon and NATO also said they had evidence of North Korean troops in Russia. Ukraine's top intelligence officer, Kirill Budanov, believes that North Korea is helping Russia in exchange for nuclear technology and money.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky, citing intelligence data, said that Russia would use the first North Korean troops in combat zones on October 27-28.
