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South Korea says Pyongyang is reportedly preparing for ‘additional deployment of soldiers’ to aid Russia’s war efforts

More than 1,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded in Russia’s war with Ukraine, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) has said.

The announcement on Monday follows a report by Seoul’s spy agency to parliamentarians last week, which said at least 100 North Korean soldiers had been killed since entering combat in December.

Pyongyang has sent thousands of soldiers to reinforce the Russian military, including to the Kursk border region, where Ukrainian forces seized territory earlier this year.

“Through various sources of information and intelligence, we assess that North Korean troops who have recently engaged in combat with Ukrainian forces have suffered around 1,100 casualties,” the JCS said in a statement.

Seoul, Washington and Kyiv have said there are approximately 12,000 North Korean soldiers in Russia.

Pyongyang is reportedly “preparing for the rotation or additional deployment of soldiers”, the JCS added.

Intelligence also suggests that the nuclear-armed North Korea is “producing and providing self-destructible drones” to Russia to further assist Moscow in its fight against Ukraine, JCS noted.

North Korea has also been accused of providing missiles and artillery shells to Russia.

North Korea and Russia have strengthened their military ties since the latter invaded Ukraine in February 2022. A landmark defence pact between Pyongyang and Moscow, signed in June, came into force this month.

Experts say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is eager to acquire advanced technology from Russia and battle experience for his troops.

On Thursday, Pyongyang lashed out at what it called “reckless provocation” by the United States and its allies for a joint statement criticising North Korea’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, including the deployment of troops.

Last month, South Korea and Ukraine also announced that they would deepen security cooperation in response to the “threat” posed by the deployment of North Korean troops, but there was no mention of potential arms shipments from Seoul to Kyiv.

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol said earlier in November that Seoul was “not ruling out the possibility of providing weapons” to Ukraine, which would mark a significant shift in its longstanding policy barring the sale of weapons to countries in active conflict.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/23/over-1000-north-korean-soldiers-killed-and-wounded-in-ukraine-war-seoul?

And Donald trump thinks he can end this war within 24hrs

Sending soldiers to fight in Ukraine is a foolish decision by north Korea

Fake news

The same South Korea that can't maintain a stable government is commenting on their stable neighbours.


Lol

Mugu44:
The same South Korea that can't maintain a stable government is commenting on their stable neighbours.


Lol

Someone has to help North Korea update its status since it refused to be connected to the internet.

They never see anything

I remember I said it here that countries like China, North Korea haven’t fought any modern warfare.
They only make weapons and do parade, that’s their calling

If not for nukes, South Korea would easily defeat the North Korea army

They went to watch porn

This South Korea bodi de pain dem well well

How is it your concern ?
Cry me a river and face your martial law issues

God1000:
And Donald trump thinks he can end this war within 24hrs

Sending soldiers to fight in Ukraine is a foolish decision by north Korea

Wetin concern DT with death of Kim Jung Un's lab rats?
The world thought those soldiers were genetically modified human beings so them no get loved ones.
If not for spiritual curse and terrestrial powers, North Korea no go shook mouth for European war. They have South Korea to contend with. You sef, God1000 ya brain dey digress like Kim own.

When will all these killings end sef

lordm:
If not for nukes, South Korea would easily defeat the North Korea army

They will still defeat them.

Mugu44:
The same South Korea that can't maintain a stable government is commenting on their stable neighbours.


Lol

Just state you are a supporter of Putin.

The North Korean soldiers were nothing to write home about and a a good number of the weapons they supplied were substandard. That country is a joke.

South Korea would defeat North Korea in a battle if nukes weren't used any day.

They would make the rebel overthrow of Assad look like ABC.

Hahaha, dem enter Russia come see life wey dem never get.

All lies, how did South Korea, find out about this ?

A useless war.

Propaganda

grandstar:
South Korea would defeat North Korea in a battle if nukes weren't used.

Yet they needed 15 countries to help them draw North Korea

I am happy that Ukraine is not losing soldiers in this war. Lol.

Russia and North Korea are both overrated!

North Korean soldiers are being used as pawns by that senseless balloon looking clown running the country!

The day north Korea go to war Na that day e go fall

Putin is over rated. So na rag tags NK soldiers be him back up. After God na America.
A whole Gen was killed in Mosco by externals

FAKE NEWS AND USELESS PROPAGANDA.

HOW MANY UKRAINIANS HAS DIED IN THE WAR? , APPARENTLY NONE.
INSTEAD OF SEEKING TO END THE WAR THAT HAS TOTALLY DECIMATED UKRAINE YOU ARE HERE SPREADING USELESS NEWS TO DECEIVE YOURSELF BECAUSE ZELENSKY IS DOING NOTHING THAN DESTROYING UKRAINE.

END THE WAR NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE

🥴

Mugu44:
The same South Korea that can't maintain a stable government is commenting on their stable neighbours.


Lol

North Korean

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Fake news

😅😅🤣🤣😂

Nigerian ambassador to north Korea

Sure thing, how many dem NK army kill?

Mugu44:
The same South Korea that can't maintain a stable government is commenting on their stable neighbours.


Lol

How do you mean?!

Exceed15:
North Korean

Hw actually means South Korea.

The guy's a joke

Till date not even a single picture of one Korean soldier in battle in Ukraine. Not one.
Western media propaganda is just lame

ypu no nothing about korean war

u are stil living in the fantasy of the western world

lordm:
If not for nukes, South Korea would easily defeat the North Korea army