An estimated 11,000 North Korean soldiers were deployed to Russia's Kursk region by late October to help Moscow retake the region from Ukrainian control.
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An estimated 11,000 North Korean soldiers had been deployed to Russia's Kursk region by late October
Russia deployed more than 7,000 soldiers from North Korea in the areas close to the border with Ukraine in the last week of October.
The first North Korean soldiers were deployed to Russia's Kursk Oblast in late October.
Commander-in-Chief of Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi stated that Russia transferred about 50,000 military personnel to Kursk Oblast from other directions where enemy offensive operations were being conducted.
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