In the first public confirmation by the US, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday there is evidence that North Korean soldiers are present in Russia, and it remained to be seen what they would be doing there.
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00:00In the first public confirmation by the US, the Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on
00:09Wednesday that there is evidence that North Korean troops are in Russia and it remains
00:13to be seen what they would be doing there.
00:16As we continue to look at this, there is evidence that there are DPRK troops in Russia.
00:26What exactly they are doing, left to be seen.
00:30These are things that we need to sort out.
00:31We'll have more for you on that later.
00:34Hours earlier, Ukraine's military intelligence chief, Kyrill Budanov, said that the first
00:38North Korean units were expected to arrive to Russia's Kursk region on Wednesday, the
00:4323rd of October.
00:45They could supposedly help Russia resist Ukraine's incursion.
00:49Early in October, Budanov said the total number of around 11,000 North Korean troops in Russia
00:56will be ready to fight in Ukraine by the 1st of November.
01:00He said that in return, Russia is helping North Korea evade sanctions and develop its
01:05nuclear capabilities, including providing technologies for smaller tactical nuclear
01:11weapons and submarine missile launch systems.
01:14South Korea's spy chief stated that about 3,000 North Korean troops have been sent to
01:20Russia and they are now receiving training on drones and other equipment before being
01:26deployed to the battlefield in Ukraine.
01:28There was a report that about 10,000 North Korean troops are expected to arrive in December.
01:40Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier that according to the military intelligence, some North Korean
01:46officers are already in the occupied territories of Ukraine.