CCD refutes reports of 100,000 North Korean troops being trained for war against Ukraine

Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Combating Disinformation, wrote about this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

“The reports circulating in the media about the training of 100,000 North Korean soldiers and their stationing on the territory of Ukraine are not true,” he wrote, adding that less than 1% of North Korean army officers speak Russian.

“It is important to understand this in order to analyze the possibility of including these military personnel in future operations of the Russian army,” he said.

As some media have reported, North Korea could send 10,000 to 100,000 troops to fight alongside Russian forces in Ukraine. Several thousand North Korean soldiers are currently being trained in Russia.