Did you know that North Korea has allegedly sent 3,000 soldiers to fight for Russia?
Korean People's Army (KPA) soldiers take part in a mass rally on Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang on September 9, 2018. (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)
On Wednesday Oct. 23, the US national security spokesperson told reporters that evidence showed North Korea had moved troops to military training sites in eastern Russia between early to mid-October.
Korean People's Army (KPA) soldiers leave after bowing before the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il during National Memorial Day on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on December 17, 2018. (Photo by KIM WON JIN/AFP via Getty Images)
The US said it is uncertain whether North Korean soldiers will fight alongside the Russian military, but US officials said it is a “highly concerning probability”.
Korean People's Army (KPA) soldiers stand atop armoured vehicles during a military parade on Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang on September 9, 2018. (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)
South Korean national intelligence also reported that North Korea had promised Russia 10,000 soldiers by the end of December.
Korean People's Army (KPA) soldiers march during a mass rally on Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang on September 9, 2018. (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)
But Russian officials have denied the allegations, claiming it was “fake news”.
In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting regarding the situation in the Kursk region, in his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo outside Moscow, on August 12, 2024. (Photo by Gavriil GRIGOROV / POOL / AFP)
International authorities say if the reports are true, it could “mark a significant escalation” in the war between Russia and Ukraine.
People standing near a Ukrainian national flag watch as dark smoke billows following an air strike in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, on March 26, 2022. (Photo by OLEKSII FILIPPOV/AFP via Getty Images)
On Tuesday, Oct. 22, South Korea warned it would send weapons to Ukraine if North Korea continues sending troops to Russia.
A Ukrainian serviceman climbs onto a new armoured vehicle during a handing over ceremony of military equipment by the President Poroshenko to the Ukrainian forces near the city of Ghytomyr, some 140 km from Kiev, on January 5, 2015. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, and the war has since killed more than 10,000 civilians, with estimates saying that number may be much higher.
A local resident carries humanitarian aid while walking through a nearly deserted and battle scarred downtown area on February 14, 2023 in Bakhmut, Ukraine. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)This aerial photograph taken on December 20, 2022, shows destruction in the village of Bohorodychne, eastern Ukraine. (Photo by IONUT IORDACHESCU/AFP via Getty Images)
Isha Jain
