North Korea sending troops to support Russia in Ukraine – reports

North Korea sending troops to support Russia in Ukraine – reports
North Korean soldiers march during a mass military parade in Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung Square (Ng Han Guan/AP/File)

South Korean intelligence has found that North Korea has dispatched 12,000 troops to support Russia’s war with Ukraine, Yonhap news agency in South Korea reported on Friday.

Yonhap cited the National Intelligence Service (NIS) that the North Korean troops have already left the country.

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