Kim Jong Un's sister denies Zelensky's claim of additional North Korean troops deployment to Russia

North Korea's sister of leader Kim Jong Un, Kim Yo Jong, has denied Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's claim that Pyongyang plans to send up to 50,000 more troops to Russia to fight for its ally. In a statement published by state media KCNA, Kim Yo Jong dismissed Zelensky's estimate as groundless and a self-staged incident.

She attributed the blame for the Ukraine crisis to the United States and the West, stating that North Korea sent an estimated 14,000 soldiers to Russia's Kursk Region in 2024 under a comprehensive strategic partnership treaty. Despite the US reducing joint military drills with South Korea, Kim Yo Jong claimed that Washington still carries out the drills and threatens North Korea's national security, while she is unaware of any recent communications between the leaders of the two countries.

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