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North Korea to Send New Troops to Russia as Moscow Prepares Major Ukraine Assault

Seoul’s spy agency reports Pyongyang has begun recruiting soldiers in return for artillery supplies alongside missile guidance expertise

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This EPA photo shows a view of damaged cars and debris as Israeli rescue teams work at the site of a missile strike on a residential area in Be'er Sheva, southern Israel, on June 24, 2025. (Yonhap)
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Overview

  • South Korea’s National Intelligence Service said North Korea is likely to deploy additional troops to Russia in July or August to bolster Moscow’s planned large-scale offensive in Ukraine.
  • The NIS briefing indicated Pyongyang has already started recruiting personnel and intends to send thousands of military construction workers and sappers to the Kursk region.
  • Under a mutual defense pact signed in June 2024, North Korea has supplied Russia with over 10 million artillery shells, missiles and long-range weapons.
  • In exchange for arms support, Pyongyang is receiving technical advice on satellite launches and missile guidance systems from Moscow.
  • Russian forces now control about 81 percent of Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Luhansk and Ukraine’s intelligence warns a renewed assault may begin in the July-August window.