North Korean soldiers stand on armored vehicles with rocket launchers as they parade in Pyongyang, North Korea.Photo by Wong Maye-e/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

North Korea sending 12,000 troops to help Russia's war in Ukraine: South Korean media

Yonhap news agency cited the National Intelligence Service as saying that the North have already left the country, formed into four brigades.

by · National Post

South Korean intelligence has found that North Korea has dispatched 12,000 troops including special operation forces to support Russia’s war against Ukraine, news reports said Friday, a development that could bring a third country into the war and intensify a standoff between North Korea and the West.

Yonhap news agency cited the National Intelligence Service as saying that the North have already left the country, formed into four brigades. Other South Korean media outlets carried similar reports.

Zelenskyy says 10,000 North Koreans could join Russian forces in Ukraine as he pushes 'Victory Plan’Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday his government has intelligence information that 10,000 troops from North Korea are being prepared to join Russian forces fighting against his country, warning that a third nation wading into the hostilities would turn the conflict into a “world war.”Lorne Cook, Mike Corder And Raf Casert, 17 Oct 2024Senior US official warns of North Korean nuclear threats and help for RussiaU.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said Wednesday that Washington and its allies are “alarmed” by North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats as well as its increasing military support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, but said he couldn’t confirm Ukrainian claims that Pyongyang was also sending soldiers to fight for Moscow.Kim Tong-hyung, 16 Oct 2024