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North Korea to deploy 12,000 soldiers to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine, Seoul spy agency says
North Korea has decided to send “large-scale troops” to support Russia in its war against Ukraine, South Korean Yonhap news agency reports, citing Seoul’s spy agency.
“The National Intelligence Service said it has learned that the North has recently decided to send four brigades of 12,000 soldiers, including special forces, to the war in Ukraine,” Yonhap says.