RUSSIA ASKS NORTH KOREA TO SEND 30,000 EXTRA TROOPS TO AID IN UKRAINE WAR: ZELENSKY

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia has sought an extra 30,000 troops and missile launchers from North Korea to fight his country. Preparations for the extra troops are being made in Russia’s Voronezh region near the frontier with Ukraine, Zelensky said in a social media post late Saturday.

News - South China Morning Post reports that ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia has sought an extra 30,000 troops and missile launchers from North Korea to fight his country.

The report adds: Preparations for the extra troops are being made in Russia’s Voronezh region near the frontier with Ukraine, Zelensky said in a social media post late Saturday.

North Korea sent thousands of troops to help Russia fight off a Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Kursk region in 2024.

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