South Korean claim: North Korea has sent 12,000 troops to support Russia in Ukraine | News in brief

12:10•Updated 12:11

According to the South Korean intelligence service, North Korea has sent 12,000 soldiers to support Russia in its war of aggression in Ukraine, reports the South Korean news agency Yonhap.

According to it, the soldiers have already left North Korea.

The intelligence service has not confirmed the news so far. However, South Korea’s presidential office previously said that the president Yoon Suk-Yeol led an emergency meeting earlier on Friday, the subject of which was the sending of North Korean troops to Ukraine.

Sources: AP, AFP

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