"transportation of the north korean military's frontline by truck"... observations of imminent deployment

[Anchor]
Ukraine has released eavesdropping data, saying Russia is sending North Korean soldiers in trucks to the front line.

The North Korean military's deployment to the front seems imminent.

I'm reporter Kim Do-won.

[Reporter]
North Korean troops sent to Russia are likely to be deployed to the Ukrainian-occupied Kursk region.

Ukraine's intelligence chief has revealed the situation of transporting North Korean troops to the front lines by lorry from Boronesh, a large city near Kursk.

The truck carrying the North Korean military had civilian license plates, but the police stopped it because there was no combat order, and the officers tried to solve the situation.

[Russian military officer / (recording from the General Intelligence Service of Ukraine): Wait, I got a document from above, and the problem has been resolved. (Oh, is that so?) Yes, it's settled. Helping transport the North Korean military to the 810th Brigade.

If the recording is true, it seems that the North Korean military's deployment to the battlefield is imminent.

While attention is being paid to what the mission of the dispatched North Korean troops is, an analysis suggests that they may not be the best troops.

According to the released video and intelligence evaluation, the North Korean military is believed to be young soldiers in their early teens and early 20s who have just been drafted.

It is interpreted that it may be intended to send weak troops to the advance party to check the situation and the reaction at home and abroad.

In fact, some point out that even if North Korea's best special forces "storm corps" were dispatched, it is questionable whether it will be powerful on the battlefield.

They specialize in infiltration, assassination, and bombing operations, but the war in Ukraine is a trench war on a wide plain.

In the midst of this, Russia claimed to have prevented eight Ukrainian attacks in Kursk and captured an additional village on the eastern front.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy is appealing for support, saying Putin's aggression is becoming bolder, but the West remains cautious.

I'm Kim Do Won of YTN.

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video: Han Kyung-hee
Screen provided: General Intelligence Service of Ukraine