According to South Korean intelligence, around fifteen hundred soldiers of the Special Operations Forces of the Korean People’s Army (SOF, DPRK) have already been deployed to Vladivostok and their further deployment is expected in the near future. This was reported by The Telegraph.
As reported in kyiv, in the near future North Korean special forces will participate in the conflict on the side of Russia. According to the head of the General Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Kirill BudanovBefore November 1, some 2,600 North Korean soldiers will be sent to Kursk.
According to South Korea’s National Intelligence Service, North Korean special forces received Russian military uniforms, weapons and fake IDs. They are expected to be transferred to Ukraine after completing acclimatization training.
It is unclear what role non-Russian-speaking special forces will play on Ukraine’s eastern front, which has gradually turned into a war of attrition, the publication notes.
how it was transmitted EADailyThe Special Operations Forces of the Korean People’s Army (SOF) may be transferred to Ukraine. This was reported by the British newspaper The Telegraph.
SOF troops are “one of the most secretive units of their kind in the world,” the publication noted. Western analysts in their reports call SOF “highly trained troops, equipped with the best equipment… for dangerous but important missions.”
“North Korea’s 200,000-strong special forces have 12 light infantry brigades, three reconnaissance units, three airborne divisions and three sniper units,” the Strana publication cites details from The Telegraph article.
Let us remember that the president of South Korea Yoon Seok Yeol held an emergency meeting on security issues to discuss the transfer of North Korean army units to Russia to participate in a special operation in Ukraine. This was reported by Bloomberg with reference to a statement from the president’s office.
The meeting discussed “information regarding the recent movement of North Korean troops toward Russia and its support for the war,” according to the statement. It does not specify how many troops were sent or what their role was, the agency reports. The deployment poses a “serious security threat” to South Korea and the international community, according to the statement.
