The National Intelligence Service of South Korea said that the DPRK regime appears to have sent additional troops to support Russia’s war against Ukraine, which have already been deployed to the front line in Russia’s Kursk region.
That’s according to Yonhap, Ukrinform reports.
“Following about a monthlong lull, North Korean troops were placed back in the frontline region of Kursk starting in the first week of February,” South Korea’s spy agency said.
It is noted that the number of recently deployed troops is being assessed.
According to Yonhap, South Korean military officials said signs of North Korea dispatching more than 1,000 additional troops to Russia this year have been detected.
It is noted that the NIS assessment follows a news report that between 1,000 and 3,000 North Korean troops were newly transported to Kursk via Russian cargo ships and military airplanes between January and February in the second round of such troop deployment.
North Korea is believed to have deployed approximately 11,000 troops to Russia’s Kursk region last year. NIS has earlier assessed that North Korean troops deployed to Russia had been absent from combat in the Kursk region since mid-January, likely due to heavy casualties among them. The agency estimated that about 300 were killed and some 2,700 others were wounded.
As reported by Ukrinform, the satellite imagery showed new activity in North Korea’s Rason Port, which may indicate the transfer of cargo, including military cargo, to Russia.
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Source: DPRK deploys additional troops to war against Ukraine - South Korean intel
