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South Korean intelligence has reported that about 2,000 North Korean soldiers sent by Pyongyang to help russia have already been killed in fighting in Ukraine.
South Korean intelligence reported this, Yonhap reported.
According to intelligence, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may appear at a military parade in China this week alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping and russian president vladimir putin.
Kim crossed the border with China at dawn on Tuesday and is expected in Beijing that afternoon. He could be accompanied on the trip by his wife Ri Sol-ju and sister Kim Yo-jong.
Besides 2,000 killed soldiers, the DPRK wants to send about 6,000 more soldiers to russia as part of a third wave of deployment of forces to support the war against Ukraine.
Since October last year, North Korea has transferred about 13,000 soldiers and conventional weapons to russia to bolster Moscow's military efforts.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, meanwhile, russian leader vladimir putin made a statement about war against Ukraine during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin.
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