The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, stated that Russia has requested the North Korean regime to send an additional 30,000 soldiers to reinforce its military offensive against Ukraine. According to the leader, Moscow has been organizing the deployment of this new contingent in the Russian region of Voronezh, near the border with Ukraine, from where it would later be transferred to various sectors of the combat front.
According to Zelensky, the incorporation of North Korean troops responds to the growing difficulties faced by the Russian Army in maintaining the pace of its military operations after more than four years of war. The president asserted that the high casualties suffered by Moscow's forces compel the Kremlin to seek external support to sustain the invasion and avoid a new massive mobilization of reservists within Russia.
The Ukrainian leader stated that military cooperation between Russia and North Korea continues to deepen and recalled that, in recent months, Pyongyang has already provided weaponry, artillery shells, ballistic missiles, and thousands of soldiers to support Russian operations. According to Kiev, several of those troops participated in combat in the Kursk region and in other areas near the border.
