About 2,000 North Korean soldiers were killed in the Russian-Ukrainian War - the South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) revealed. The estimates were presented during the gathering of the parliamentary intelligence committee.
According to Yonhap Pjongjang's agency, "he plans to send a 3rd group of 6,000 soldiers to Russia, and according to our information 1,000 military engineering soldiers have already reached Russia". The existing quotas "stand back as reserve forces and there is simply a anticipation to exchange local command".
Mass support for the Kremlin
Since October last year, North Korea has sent at least 13,000 soldiers to Russia and crucial conventional weapons supplies to support Kremlin's war effort in Ukraine. This is simply a crucial increase in Pyongyang's engagement in Russian aggression.
Last week, the North Korean KCNA agency reported that leader Kim Jong Un honored the North Korean "martiners" who died in Russia and expressed his condolences to their families. This was the first authoritative confession to military losses in the conflict.
Diplomatic visit to Beijing
Currently Kim Jong Un is on his way to Beijing, where he will participate in the military parade alongside Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. According to the NIS, an armored train with North Korean leader on board on Tuesday crossed the border with China.
On Wednesday, a large military parade will be held in Beijing on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the end of planet War II. Putin is to take the place on the right side of the host of the celebration - Chinese leader Xi Jinping, while Kim is to stand on the left.
This visit, as NIS has estimated, "is intended to grow external action by restoring relations between North Korea and China and gaining economical support from China in order to find a way out of the strategy crisis". NIS does not regulation out that his wife Ri Sol Dzu and his influential sister Kim Jo Jong travel with Kim.
Sources used: "PAP" Note: This article has been edited with the aid of Artificial Intelligence.
