Ukrainian intelligence said a total of 12,000 North Koreans are expected to have joined Russia's war by December.
North Korea plans to send generals to aid Russian forces in their war against Ukraine, Kyiv has said.Some 500 officers, including three generals, will be among the 12,000 North Korean troops expected to be deployed in Russia, Ukraine's defense intelligence agency wrote in a statement on Telegram on Thursday. The agency did not disclose the basis for this claim.The claim came a day after the U.S. assessed that at least 3,000 North Korean troops were already in the country.
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov has been tasked with overseeing the acclimation and training of the North Korean arrivals, who are reportedly being provided with winter clothing, bedding, ammunition, and toiletries.The Ukrainian statement noted that the first North Korean units had already reached the front lines in the Russian region of Kursk, where Ukrainian forces have been engaged in a counteroffensive since early August, putting Russian forces on the back foot.
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