North Korea Preparing to Send More Troops to Russia After Suffering Casualties: South Korean Military

North Korea is also preparing to launch a spy satellite and an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.

Soldiers participate in a military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea, on July 27, 2023. KCNA via Reuters

North Korea may be preparing to send additional troops to Russia after its soldiers fighting in the ongoing invasion of Ukraine suffered heavy casualties, South Korea’s military said on Friday.

“As four months have passed for the dispatch of troops for the Russia-Ukraine war, and multiple casualties and captives have occurred, [North Korea] is suspected to be accelerating follow-up measures and preparation for an additional dispatch of troops,” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement.