Up to eight thousand military personnel from the DPRK have been redeployed to the Kursk Region of Russia.
This was announced by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a press conference with his South Korean counterpart, the head of the Pentagon and the South Korean Defence Minister, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
The North Koreans are expected to take part in the fighting in the coming days.
'According to our estimates, there are about 10,000 North Korean soldiers in Russia, and, according to the latest data, up to 8,000 of them have been deployed to the Kursk Region. We have not yet seen these troops take part in combat operations against Ukrainian troops, but we expect this to happen in the coming days,’ Blinken said.
He added that the Russians are training DPRK soldiers in artillery, UAVs, and basic infantry operations, including trench clearing, which ‘indicates that it fully intends to use these forces in frontline operations.’