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North Korea sent 1,500 special forces soldiers to the Russian Far East South Korea’s spy agency said Friday they will undergo training and acclimatization at local military bases and will likely be deployed to fight in the war in Ukraine.

And this after Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky warned yesterday that North Korea stationed 10,000 troops in Russian-occupied Ukraine and he is ready to send them to the front lines, which he warned would be “a step towards world war.”

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) also said it was working with its Ukrainian counterparts and using facial recognition artificial intelligence technology to identify North Korean officials in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. They support Russian troops by launching North Korean missiles.

North Korea sent artillery shells, ballistic missiles and anti-tank missiles to Russia in more than 13,000 containers since August last year, According to the agency, based on the remains of weapons seized from the battle front in Ukraine. In total, more than eight million artillery and missile shells were sent to Russia.

“The direct military cooperation between Russia and North Korea reported by foreign media has been officially confirmed,” the spy agency said in a statement.

Earlier, South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol convened a security meeting with senior intelligence, military and national security officials to discuss participationNorth Korean troops in Russia’s war against UkraineYoon’s office reported this.

“The participants (…) shared the opinion that the current situation, in which the strengthening of ties between Russia and North Korea has gone beyond the scope of the movement military supplies before the actual entry of troopsposes a serious threat to the security of not only our country, but also the international community,” he said.

Yoon’s office said South Korea, along with its allies, had been closely monitoring the dispatch of North Korean troops to Russia from the very beginning.

South Korea will respond to the DPRK’s actions by all available means, he added, without providing details.