Russia plans to train 10,000 North Korean troops for war against Ukraine - Zelenskyy

This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a press conference in Brussels.

He noted that Ukrainian intelligence has information that some officers from North Korea have already been sent to the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and are training with Russian soldiers.

‘I don't know how many officers, but according to intelligence, Russia is counting on such reinforcement because it cannot keep up with mobilization, it loses too many on the battlefield... I know that there is such an intention: to train 10,000 soldiers from different branches of the armed forces,’ Zelenskyy said.

‘Now North Korea is already preparing a contingent to send them to fight against Ukraine,’ he stressed.

• On October 14, Zelenskyy announced that North Korea would join the war.