SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean troopers have engaged in fight operations towards Ukraine alongside their Russian allies, South Korea’s spy company mentioned on Wednesday.
Seoul’s affirmation comes amid rising world criticism as the 2 nations strengthen navy ties, after Pyongyang despatched hundreds of troops to Russia’s Kursk area to help its struggle with Ukraine.
“The National Intelligence Service estimates that North Korean troops dispatched to Russia have moved to the Kursk region over the past two weeks,” the company mentioned in a press release.
That they had accomplished deployment to the battlefield, and have been already taking part in fight operations, it added.
On Tuesday, North Korean state media mentioned Pyongyang had ratified a mutual defence treaty with Russia signed in June by the 2 nations’ leaders, offering for every to come back to the opposite’s support in case of an armed assault.
