North Korea sending citizens to help Russian military fight Ukraine, Zelenskyy says [Video]

North Korea is sending its citizens to help Russia’s military fight Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said, increasing concerns about the alliance between Moscow and the secretive state.

In his daily video message this week, the Ukrainian president said: “We see an increasing alliance between Russia and regimes like North Korea.

“It is no longer just about transferring weapons. It is actually about transferring people from North Korea to the occupying military forces.”

Zelenskyy’s allegation comes amid an increasingly friendly relationship between Moscow and Pyongyang. Russian President Vladimir Putin visited North Korea in June – the first visit of its kind for more than two decades – and Western observers have wondered how heavily North Korea has assisted Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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