AJP Asia Intelligence Agency

North Korean winter troop dispatch to Ukraine unlikely

SEOUL, November 13 (AJP) -North Korea is unlikely to send another large contingent of troops to support Russia’s war against Ukraine this winter, a former senior Ukrainian official said, despite President Volodymyr Zelensky’s recent warnings of a planned deployment, according to U.S.-based outlet NK News.

Andrii Kovalenko, former head of the Center for Countering Disinformation under Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, wrote on social media this week that the threat of a mass deployment had likely been averted. His assessment contrasts with Zelensky’s warnings but does not rule out smaller troop movements.