Zelenskyy says DPRK may send new soldiers and equipment to russia

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters meeting reported on the risks of sending additional soldiers and military equipment from North Korea for the russian army and significant losses among the North Korean military participating in hostilities on the side of russia.

He wrote about this on Telegram.

"There was a report by Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi on the front and areas of the Kursk operation. There are risks of sending additional soldiers and military equipment to the Russian army from North Korea, and there will be our tangible responses to this. Now, according to preliminary data, the number of killed and wounded North Korean military personnel in the Kursk Oblast already exceeds 3,000 people," the President said.

The President emphasized that cooperation between moscow and Pyongyang increases the risk of destabilization not only around the Korean Peninsula, but also in neighboring regions.

"The transfer of experience in modern warfare and the spread of military technology from Russia is a global threat. For the world, the price of restoring stability is always much higher than the price of effective pressure on those who destabilize the situation and destroy life," Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, according to South Korea, the DPRK is preparing to deploy additional troops and military equipment in russia, including kamikaze drones, to support the war against Ukraine.

On December 16, the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that units of the DPRK army participating in the fighting in the Kursk Oblast (russia) suffered significant losses, and in this regard, they are being replenished.

In early December, the Defense Intelligence reported that about 2,000 servicemen from North Korea are already in the combat units of the russian occupation army, and 9,000 North Korean servicemen are in the operational reserve of the russian army.

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