North Korea has sent 10,000 soldiers to fight in Russia

North Korea has sent 10,000 soldiers to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

This week, international authorities confirmed the, and called on both Russia and North Korea to “cease these actions immediately”.

North Korea is one of very few countries that has openly supported Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has lasted more than two and a half years.

Ukraine war

In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Since then, it’s estimated hundreds of thousands of troops have been killed. Neither side releases updated death tolls.

The United Nations (UN) has said the invasion has caused a.

In recent months, Ukrainian forces launched a counter-offensive, entering Russia’s Kursk region on the Ukrainian border.

North Korea

Russia’s invasion has been widely condemned, including in multiple UN motions calling for it to withdraw.

North Korea has strengthened its ties to Russia, sending more than a million shells and weapons to the front line.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has left his country only once since the beginning of the pandemic — for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in far eastern Russia last year.

Earlier this year, Putin visited North Korea’s capital Pyongyang to.

Soldiers

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a Western military alliance that includes the U.S. and UK, announced North Korean soldiers have been deployed to the Kursk region.

American defence officials confirmed the number of North Korean troops sent to Russia has tripled from 3,000 to 10,000 in recent days.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte called the deepening ties between Russia and North Korea “a threat to both Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic security”.

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his troops may end up fighting North Korean soldiers in Europe.

“Moscow is intent on continuing its aggression,“ Zelenskyy said.

U.S. Department of Defense spokesperson Major General Pat Ryder said Russia’s reliance on foreign troops could flag it’s struggling in its war.

“There’s some serious questions in terms of their ability to continue to sustain their personnel requirements.”