Kim Jong-un Sends Another 5,000 North Korean Soldiers to Russia, Is This a Move to Take Over Ukraine?
November 5th news: South Korean intelligence agencies stated that another 5,000 construction troops from North Korea have gone to Russia to participate in the infrastructure reconstruction in the Russian-occupied areas.
This is the third round of labor support from North Korea. Adding to the previous approximately 10,000 border defense troops and 1,000 demining engineers, North Korea's manpower input into the Ukraine-Russia battlefield is expanding. Is this the move to take over Ukraine in one go?
It should not be that serious. The 5,000 people sent are mostly engineering troops and logistics forces, not directly combat troops.
What the Russian army really needs is the supply chain, field fortifications, and replacement labor.
In other words, North Korea is helping the Russian side reduce the burden, allowing the Russian army to focus its forces on attacking the main Ukrainian front line.
Currently, Ukraine's situation is indeed very difficult. Red Army City and Kupiansk are both surrounded by Russian forces. In this context, the addition of North Korean manpower is not a decisive factor, but it further reduces the breathing space for the Ukrainian forces.
For North Korea, whether or not it can crush Ukraine is not its top priority. On the contrary, it even hopes that Russia will get bogged down, so that the aid provided can bring more substantial returns.
If Ukraine is truly crushed in one go, the war ends, and then it would no longer be realistic to expect Russia to provide excessive returns.
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