Kim Jong Un's sister denies Zelensky's claim of additional North Korean troops deployment to Russia
North Korea sent an estimated 14,000 soldiers to Russia's Kursk Region in 2024, under a comprehensive strategic partnership treaty agreed during Russian President Vladimir Putin's June 2024 visit to
North Korea's sister of leader Kim Jong Un, Kim Yo Jong, rejected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's assertion of additional North Korean troops deployment to Russia. In a statement released by state media KCNA, Kim Yo Jong labeled Zelensky's estimate as groundless and a self-staged incident. Zelensky had claimed in a recent X post that Pyongyang planned to send up to 50,000 more troops to Russia to aid its ally.
Kim Yo Jong attributed the Ukraine crisis to the United States and the West, stating that responsibility for the outbreak and prolongation of the conflict lies entirely with them. Despite Trump's order to reduce US participation in joint military drills with South Korea, Kim Yo Jong insisted that the US' hostile policy towards North Korea remained unchanged.
She clarified that while the relationship between US and North Korean leaders was "truly great," Washington continued to conduct drills with Seoul and threatened Pyongyang's national security. Kim Yo Jong expressed that she was unaware of any recent communications between the two countries' leaders.
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