North Korea sends another 3,000 soldiers to Russia
North Korea sent about 3,000 military personnel to Russia between January and February to join the troops that confront the Ukrainians. The information was revealed this Thursday by the South Korean military.
South Korea’s joint staff also stated that North Koreans have also sent more missiles, artillery equipment and ammunition to help Russia in the Ukraine war. South Koreans stress that North Korea could increase their support with the sending of weapons, depending on the situation of the war.
North Korea’s military equipment sent to Russia includes a “considerable amount of short -range ballistic missiles, 170 millimeters self -propelled obuses, and about 220 multiple units of 240 mm rocket launchers.
North Korea had already sent approximately 11,000 military personnel to combat the war against Ukraine. According to the South Korean joint state, about 4,000 North Korean military personnel were killed or injured.
The South Korean military report came after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un expressed his unshakable support to the Russian War in Ukraine during a meeting with Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu last week in Pyongyang.
