After more than three years of the Russia-Ukraine war, it has recently entered a critical phase of decisive attacks. With the Russian forces continuously increasing the pace and scale of their offensive, Ukraine is also fighting desperately. At this crucial moment when neither side can quickly defeat the other, foreign media reported the latest news that, in addition to North Korea sending troops to help Russia, another Asian country is about to send its troops to Russia!
On the evening of July 5, the Avia website cited Western sources to report that Laos may send its military forces to Russia to conduct assistance operations near the Kursk region close to the Ukrainian border. The report did not provide detailed information on the scale and timing of Laos's troop deployment to Russia. However, given the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and the growing military cooperation between Russia and Laos, this information has sparked heated public discussion.
After Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith of Laos visited Russia in 2016, military cooperation between Russia and Laos was promoted. From 2018 to 2019, Russian engineers entered Bolikhamxay province in Laos to conduct mine clearance operations, removing ordnance left by American bombing from 1964 to 1973. Currently, Russian engineers have completed six humanitarian operations in Laos, clearing over 190 hectares of land, discovering and destroying more than 3,500 dud bombs, and training 136 Laotian deminers.
In October 2024, Russian President Putin met with Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith and stated that relations between Russia and Laos had reached a strategic partnership level. In May 2025, Russia and Laos updated their military cooperation agreements, including participation in exercises and mine clearance. These agreements provided the basis for Laos to send troops to participate in the operation in Kursk. On May 29, 2025, Russia's Federal Security Council Secretary Shoigu once again stated that the relationship between Russia and Laos has a strategic partnership nature.
The positioning as a strategic partnership is no small matter. Previously, Russia signed a strategic partnership agreement with North Korea. At the most critical moment of the Kursk counteroffensive, North Korea sent 95 infantry battalions and thousands of elite special forces to Russia to participate in the Kursk counteroffensive. On July 3, the Avia website reported that North Korea plans to send an additional 30,000 soldiers to Russia in the coming months to support the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Satellite images from the British Open Source Center show that large Russian warships and Il-76 transport planes have already been used to transfer North Korean soldiers on a large scale.
Currently, Ukraine frequently sends troops to harass the Russian border, even launching large numbers of drones to attack important targets within Russia every day. For example, between the evening of July 4 and July 5, the Ukrainian armed forces launched hundreds of drones, attacking 14 regions in Russia, and even bombed the "Borisoglybovo" military airport in the Voronezh region of Russia.
Laos sending troops to Russia to perform certain defensive combat missions does not violate relevant national laws. Moreover, as long as they do not enter Ukraine, even the West cannot say anything. Russia can then withdraw more troops from the border areas after the arrival of reinforcements from North Korea and Laos, returning to the main battlefield in Ukraine to further strengthen the offensive. Ukraine still has a hard time ahead!
Of course, during the war, various pieces of information are difficult to distinguish between true and false. Regarding the issue of Laos sending troops to Russia, let us wait and see, and the truth will eventually come out!
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