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Putin Sends Russia’s Top Diplomat to North Korea Days After Kim Assured 6,000 More Troops
RUSSIA, JUN 26 – North Korea plans to send around 6,000 troops to aid Russia's offensive in Ukraine, continuing troop deployments and arms supplies under a mutual defense pact, South Korea's intelligence agency said.
- On June 17, 2025, Sergei Shoigu, Russia’s Security Council Secretary, held talks with Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang.
- This meeting followed last year's visit by Vladimir Putin to North Korea and the signing of a mutual defense treaty that deepened military cooperation.
- North Korea has deployed more than 12,000 troops, including 6,000 additional military workers and sappers, to support Russia's efforts in the Kursk region amid ongoing conflict with Ukraine.
- South Korea’s National Intelligence Service revealed on Thursday that Pyongyang is recruiting additional personnel expected to be deployed to Russia around July or August, while officials from the US, South Korea, and Japan have raised concerns about potential technology exchanges between Russia and North Korea.
- This growing military partnership suggests a deeper strategic alignment that could affect regional security and complicate efforts to manage the war in Ukraine and the Korean Peninsula.
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