Ukrainian military intelligence intercepted Russian military communications about preparations to receive North Korean units in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.
As reported by Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence, these conversations are related to soldiers of the 810th Independent Marine Brigade of the 18th Army of Russia’s Southern Military District, which is taking part in combat operations in the Kursk Oblast.
During these conversations, organizational issues were discussed related to the arrival of North Korean servicemen, tentatively called “Battalion K.”
“To organize interaction, the Russians plan to assign one interpreter and three Russian servicemen to every 30 DPRK servicemen. However, the Russians themselves express doubts about the possibility of providing the newly arrived occupants with Russian command staff,” Ukraine’s intelligence reveals.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, the number of North Korean military personnel in Russia is already about 12,000, among them 500 officers, including three generals from Pyongyang.
Earlier on 25 October, South Korean intelligence noted that North Korea is planning to send more troops to Russia.
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