Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, a Ukrainian official said that some North Korean troops have moved into the Belgorod region.
North Korean troops have been deployed to a new Russian frontline region, a Ukrainian official said Friday.
On October 23, U.S. officials confirmed that North Korea had sent troops to Russia to aid the country in its ongoing war against Ukraine, which began when Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Kyiv in February 2022. Meanwhile, a North Korean representative to the United Nations (U.N.) said last month that reports that Pyongyang is sending soldiers to Moscow were “groundless rumors.”
On Monday, Deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters that it is likely that roughly 11,000 North Korean troops have entered Russia’s Kursk region. The Kursk region, located along Russia’s border with Ukraine, was the site of Kyiv’s surprise incursion in August. Singh added that the North Korean troops are “moving into Kursk for a reason. We have every expectation that they would be engaged in combat operations.”
Andrii Kovalenko, the head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council’s Center for Countering Disinformation, wrote on Telegram on Friday that some North Korean troops have moved into the Belgorod region.
