There is conflicting information about North Korean soldiers in Kursk Oblast.
“There is no evidence of the participation of North Korean soldiers in the war in Ukraine, and no evidence of the deaths of as many as 40 soldiers in Kursk,” the South Korean government said. Earlier, some media reported that a fighter from the Kim Jong Un regime was killed in a Russian region. North Korea sent more than 10,000 people to Moscow. And most of it went to the regions bordering Ukraine.
– Currently it is known that there are more than 10 thousand people in Russia. North Korean soldiers and a significant number of them have moved to frontline areas, including Kursk, South Korean Ministry of Defense spokesperson Chung Ha-kyo said.
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As the spokesperson said, citing the findings of South Korean intelligence, “There is still no evidence of North Korean military participation in the (Ukraine) fighting or of the deaths of as many as 40 North Korean troops.''
Some media outlets claim that Kim Jong Un's fighters were “betrayed” and sent to raid the Kursk region “without reconnaissance or proper weapons,” dissatisfied with the Russian military command. It was reported that
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The figures provided by South Korea were confirmed by Washington. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the United States had recorded a presence of about 10,000 people in Kursk oblast. North Korean soldier. Earlier, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken gave a different figure of about 8,000 people. Kim regime fighters in the Kursk region. “They may start fighting within days,” Miller warned.
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Meanwhile, on Monday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced that 11,000 people already live in Kursk Oblast. North Korean fighter.
In addition, the Ukrainian Counter-Disinformation Center is convinced that North Korea has already taken part in hostilities and, according to the agency, some of its forces are under fire from the Ukrainian side.
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