{"id":1252815,"date":"2025-06-27T14:33:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T11:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/umerov-revealed-the-number-of-north-korean-soldiers-fighting-against-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T14:33:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T11:33:52","slug":"umerov-revealed-the-number-of-north-korean-soldiers-fighting-against-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/umerov-revealed-the-number-of-north-korean-soldiers-fighting-against-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Umerov revealed the number of North Korean soldiers fighting against Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>North Korea has drawn 11,000 soldiers from Kim Jong-un&#8217;s elite contingent into the war against Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This was announced by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov during a conversation with journalists.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Russia&#8217;s use of the elite North Korean contingent indicates not only a deepening dependence on totalitarian regimes, but also real problems with the mobilization reserve. Together with our partners, we are monitoring these threats and will respond accordingly,&#8221; Umerov said.<\/p>\n<p> Fighters from the &#8220;personal reserve&#8221; of the Kim Jong-un regime, who meet high standards, have been sent to Ukraine. These units have already suffered significant losses.<\/p>\n<p> Umerov noted that after signing the agreements, Russia is trying to use the DPRK for its own purposes. These are &#8220;military guarantees&#8221; between states that provide for mutual assistance.<\/p>\n<p> According to available information, Kim Jong-un was considering the possibility of transferring an additional contingent to Russia. But this would deplete the DPRK&#8217;s strategic reserve.<\/p>\n<p> As reported, while the international community is tightening sanctions against Russia, the Kremlin is finding new ways to circumvent isolation &#8211; through an alliance with one of the most totalitarian regimes in the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/putin-vidkryv-chornyy-rynok-pratsi-rosiia-masovo-zavozyt-robitnykiv-iz-kndr-popry-sanktsii\/\">North Korea is not only supplying Russia with missiles and soldiers for the war against Ukraine, but also sending massive numbers of labor migrants to Russia<\/a> . This process is taking place despite UN sanctions and against the backdrop of a massive labor shortage in Russia.<\/p>\n<p> It should be noted that North Korea is actively profiting from Russia&#8217;s war against Ukraine. According to a recent report by the South Korean Institute for Defense Analysis (KIDA), <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/viyna-iak-biznes-kndr-zarobyla-20-miliardiv-dolariv-postachaiuchy-rosii-boieprypasy-ta-soldativ\/\">North Korea&#8217;s participation in this aggression has already brought it over $20 billion in economic benefits.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea has drawn 11,000 soldiers from Kim Jong-un&#8217;s elite contingent into the war against Ukraine. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov during a conversation with journalists. &#8220;Russia&#8217;s use of the elite North Korean contingent indicates not only a deepening dependence on totalitarian regimes, but also real problems with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":1139562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76874,76878,76871,76872],"class_list":["post-1252815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-war","category-society","category-news-2","category-news-feed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1252815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1139562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1252815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1252815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}