According to South Korea's intelligence agency, the National Intelligence Service, North Korea has decided to send four brigades of special combat troops to Russia, with a scale of 12,000 people. South Korea's National Intelligence Service said it has learned about the relevant situation and confirmed that some North Korean soldiers arrived in Russia via Russian naval vessels from the 8th to 13th of this month. According to the National Intelligence Service, the first batch of 1,500 North Korean soldiers who have already arrived in Russia arrived at Russia's Vladivostok from places such as Cheongjin, Hamheung, and Wusuiduan in northern North Korea aboard ships belonging to the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet. They are expected to join the front line of the Russian-Ukrainian operation after starting adaptive training. On the 18th, South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol presided over an emergency security meeting. South Korea's presidential office said that South Korea has been closely monitoring trends related to North Korea's troop dispatch to Russia, and will continue to closely monitor the development of the situation and take active measures to deal with it in the future. Currently, North Korea and Russia have yet to respond to this.

According to South Korea's intelligence agency, the National Intelligence Service, North Korea has decided to send four brigades of special combat troops to Russia, with a scale of 12,000 people. South Korea's National Intelligence Service said it has learned about the relevant situation and confirmed that some North Korean soldiers arrived in Russia via Russian naval vessels from the 8th to 13th of this month. According to the National Intelligence Service, the first batch of 1,500 North Korean soldiers who have already arrived in Russia arrived at Russia's Vladivostok from places such as Cheongjin, Hamheung, and Wusuiduan in northern North Korea aboard ships belonging to the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet. They are expected to join the front line of the Russian-Ukrainian operation after starting adaptive training. On the 18th, South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol presided over an emergency security meeting. South Korea's presidential office said that South Korea has been closely monitoring trends related to North Korea's troop dispatch to Russia, and will continue to closely monitor the development of the situation and take active measures to deal with it in the future. Currently, North Korea and Russia have yet to respond to this.