INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
North Korea plans to send additional troops to Russia to assist in its war against Ukraine as early as July, a South Korean lawmaker said
dispatching 11,000 personnel in October last year, Russia has already announced a second deployment of 4,000 troops, and a further 6,000
Korea has begun selecting personnel for dispatch.Lee said Pyongyang is believed to have provided Russia with several million artillery
shells, along with missiles and long-range rocket systems delivered by ship and military aircraft since the full-scale invasion of
Ukraine.Russia and North Korea signed a military cooperation agreement last year that included a mutual defense clause during a rare visit
by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the nuclear-armed country.Roughly 600 North Korean soldiers have been killed and thousands more
wounded while fighting for Russia, according to South Korean intelligence.In April, Pyongyang confirmed for the first time that it had
said leader Kim Jong Un had confirmed plans for further cooperation but did not provide details.
