The information comes from Seoul, but it is taken very seriously, both in the Kyiv and Moscow press. According to a South Korean official who wished to remain anonymous, Pyongyang is preparing to send its soldiers to the Ukrainian front in the coming days to lend a hand to the Russian army.
That would then be the first concrete consequence “L”agreement on joint assistance in case of military aggression” which Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un signed with great fanfare on June 19.
According to this senior official, that would essentially be the question “engineering troops” which will devote itself to reconstruction and fortification works in the occupied areas of Donbas.
Each of these soldiers would receive a monthly salary of 800 US dollars, which would represent a significant foreign exchange income for the regime in Pyongyang, he continued, broadcast by a South Korean private television channel Chosun TV.
These claims, so far unverifiable on the ground, met with a wide response among the two warring parties.