Zelenskyy says Russia is preparing to receive 30,000 more North Korean troops and expand mobilisation

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is preparing to receive another 30,000 troops from North Korea, as well as new launchers for ballistic missiles.

Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter)

Quote: "Russia wants to receive another 30,000 troops from North Korea. Since June, preparations have been underway in Russia's Voronezh region to receive them.

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

Details: Zelenskyy noted that Russia is helping North Korea learn how to wage war and improve its weapons. This poses a threat to "everyone in Asia who is within range of North Korean missiles".

"We are preparing to counter this," he added.

Zelenskyy also warned again that Russia is preparing to expand mobilisation this autumn.

Quote: "We have detailed intelligence reports on Russia's plans for the autumn. What is absent from Russia's plans is peace. Unfortunately, it is not there yet. Putin is laying the groundwork for an expansion of mobilisation.

His loss figures speak for themselves. In just under seven months of this year, 221,000 people have joined the ranks of the Russian armed forces. Meanwhile, Russian losses over the same period have amounted to nearly 225,500, of which 131,000 have been killed and almost 93,000 wounded. A significant number of the injuries are severe due to the extremely poor state of Russian frontline medical care.

Putin is simply getting ready to send more Russians to war. He disguises this with different words and signals, but he is getting ready. It is important that we, together with our partners, exert sufficient pressure on Russia to ensure that thoughts of ending this aggression prevail – thoughts of peace, not additional Russian mobilisation."

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