Seoul, April 28: North Korea on Monday confirmed for the first time that it has sent troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine. US, South Korean and Ukraine intelligence officials have said that North Korea last fall dispatched about 10,000-12,000 troops to Russia. But North Korea hadn't confirmed or denied its reported troop deployments to Russia until Monday.

In a statement provided to North Korea's state media, the North's Central Military Commission of the ruling Workers' Party said leader Kim Jong Un had decided to send combat troops to Russia under a mutual defence treaty. It cited Kim as saying that the troops' deployment was meant to "annihilate and wipe out the Ukrainian neo-Nazi occupiers and liberate the Kursk area in cooperation with the Russian armed forces".슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Kim Jong Un Orders 슬롯사이트˜Mass Production슬롯사이트� of Suicide Attack Drones in North Korea, Supervises Performance Test of UAVs (See Pics).

"They who fought for justice are all heroes and representatives of the honour of the motherland," Kim said, according to the statement. In February, South Korea's spy agency said North Korea appears to have sent additional troops to Russia, after its soldiers deployed on the Russian-Ukraine fronts suffered heavy casualties.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천'Act of Treason': Kim Jong Un Bans Cooking and Sale of Hot Dogs in North Korea, Announces This Punishment for Violators.

In January, the NIS said about 300 North Korean soldiers had died and another 2,700 had been injured. Zelenskyy earlier put the number of killed or wounded North Koreans at 4,000, though US estimates were lower at around 1,200.

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