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Ukrainian intelligence has claimed that some North Korean troops will soon be deployed to the Russian Kursk front for the first time.
Additional videos showing what appears to be North Korean troops have also been released.
This is reporter Jang Yoo-jin.
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It has been claimed that North Korean troops will be deployed to the Russian Kursk front for the first time on the 23rd local time.
An official from Ukraine’s Defense Ministry’s Intelligence Directorate stated this in an interview with a U.S. military-focused media outlet, mentioning that they are waiting for the first North Korean unit to arrive in the Kursk direction.
Kursk is a border area with Russia, where Ukrainian forces engaged and occupied over hundreds of square kilometers in a surprise attack last August.
In this context, the Ukrainian intelligence directorate official observed that if North Korean troops are deployed to Kursk, they could be used in operations to block the advance of Ukrainian forces.
Previously, Ukrainian media, citing domestic sources, reported that about 40 North Korean instructors stationed in the Khomutovsky region of Kursk province were being redeployed to nearby areas.
Another local media outlet also reported that North Korean instructors, who had deserted their positions and were apprehended by Russian authorities, could be involved in Ukrainian attack operations.
Meanwhile, on the 22nd, Russian independent media outlet Astra released a video on Telegram showing what they claimed to be North Korean soldiers deployed in Russia.
The outlet reported that individuals in the video were seen conversing in groups of three to four or smoking, with voices in a North Korean accent heard.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he has obtained information that two brigades of 6,000 North Korean troops each are in training, effectively treating the dispatch of North Korean troops as confirmed.
This is Jang Yoo-jin from MBC News.
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