Russia preparing to receive another 30,000 N. Korean troops for Ukraine war: Zelenskyy - The Korea Times

North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 19, in this photo released by the North's official Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday. Yonhap

Russia is preparing to bring in an additional 30,000 North Korean troops to its war against Ukraine, with Pyongyang also planning to send more missile launchers to Moscow to support the war effort, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Zelenskyy made the remarks in an X posting summarizing his nightly video address, saying that Moscow has been preparing since last month to deploy the troops to a border region in the southwest.

"Russia wants to receive another 30,000 troops from North Korea. Since June, preparations have been under way in Russia's Voronezh region to receive them," Zelenskyy said in the posting.

"North Korea is also preparing to transfer additional launchers for ballistic missiles to Russia," he said.