According to South Korea’s intelligence service, North Korea will send nearly 12,000 soldiers to fight on Russia’s side in the war against Ukraine. Now reporting both Business Insider and Newsweek that 15,000 North Korean soldiers have joined.
It is satellite images from South Korea’s intelligence service that are said to show the special forces that will receive training in Russia before being sent to the front to participate in the war of invasion.
The soldiers are said to have received forged ID documents, Russian uniforms and weapons, and the troop movements are said to have been observed sometime between October 8 and 13.
Condemns the action
In the pictures, several hundred people can be seen gathering at various facilities in the Russian Far East. They will also, according to the South Korean intelligence service, show how Russian ships transport soldiers to Russia. According to the intelligence service, the cooperation between Russia and North Korea is seen as a “serious security threat” to the entire international community.
Mark Rutte, NATO’s Secretary General, has not yet been able to confirm information. But he condemns North Korea’s actions.
– They help fuel Russia’s war in every way they can, he says at his press conference after the NATO defense ministers’ meeting in Brussels.
In the past, the White House has come out and said that they are concerned about the data.