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North Korea’s Promise of 50,000 More Troops for Russia Raises Long-War Risk in Ukraine

North Korea is reportedly preparing 50,000 additional troops and more missiles to support Russia’s war in Ukraine, vowing to stay ‘until victory’. If realized, that influx would deepen Moscow’s manpower pool and cement a rare intercontinental military partnership, with consequences for battlefield dynamics and sanctions regimes alike.

A new pledge from Pyongyang to send tens of thousands more personnel and additional missiles to Russia has injected a fresh layer of uncertainty into the trajectory of the war in Ukraine — and into how far Moscow is willing to lean on one of the world’s most sanctioned regimes to sustain its campaign. According to a report circulating in international media, North Korea is preparing about 50,000 more troops as well as missile supplies for deployment in support of Russian operations in Ukraine. The same report says Pyongyang has promised to remain engaged "until victory", a phrase that, while propagandistic, signals an intent to treat the conflict as a…

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