CNN: North Korea May Send 30,000 Soldiers To War Against Ukraine

• 2.07.2025, 15:08

Satellite images have been published.

North Korea plans to send up to 30,000 troops to participate in Russia's war against Ukraine. Their arrival in the Russian Federation is expected in the coming months.

This is reported by CNN.

According to intelligence reports, Pyongyang intends to increase the number of its troops already fighting on the side of the Russian Federation in the region. In November 2024, the DPRK has already sent about 11,000 soldiers to Russia to fight in the Kursk region. According to Western sources, about 4 thousand of them were killed or wounded.

Ukrainian intelligence suggests that North Korean units will be integrated into Russian combat units to participate in large-scale offensive operations in the occupied territories of Ukraine. There are also signs of preparations for the movement of military personnel - Russian transport planes are being converted to transport personnel, and satellite images show activity in Russian ports and on DPRK airfields.

The Russian Defense Ministry, according to Ukrainian intelligence, is capable of providing the DPRK troops with everything they need: weapons, equipment and ammunition.