Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has denied claims of North Korean involvement, and the news has not yet seen any indication that such a sizable force is being established in Russia’s Far East.
“This is American intelligence as well as British intelligence. They constantly report it without offering any proof,” he said.
In recent months, Moscow and Pyongyang have undoubtedly increased their levels of collaboration. Just last week, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called Vladimir Putin on his birthday.
North Korea joining the conflict has been mentioned by Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, and this month, South Korea’s defense minister declared that the likelihood of a North Korean deployment in Ukraine was “highly likely.”
Over the figures involved, there is the greatest amount of uncertainty.
“A number of North Koreans have arrived,” a military source in Russia’s Far East told news Russian, adding that they were based at one of the military bases north of Vladivostok, close to Ussuriysk. However, the source just stated that they were “absolutely nowhere near 3,000” without providing a specific figure.
