North Korea has treated hundreds of Russian soldiers injured in Ukraine, Moscow’s ambassador to Pyongyang told state media, as he revealed new details of the reclusive state’s backing for the Kremlin’s war effort.

The South Korean Ministry of Defence has reported that North Korea has already sent over 200 pieces of long-range artillery and approximately 11,000 troops to Russia as support. Seoul warns that, in the coming months,

Pyongyang would seem to have little reason to send its own people to risk their lives in the Russia-Ukraine War. But these soldiers appear to be at the heart of the North Korea-Russia security partnership.

North Korean soldiers previously fighting alongside Russia's army on the Kursk front line appear not to have been engaged in combat since mid-January, South Korea's spy agency told AFP on Tuesday, after Ukraine claimed they had been withdrawn following heavy losses.

North Korea could “additionally supply troops, weapons and ammunition going forward”, said the official. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Russian military personnel are being treated in North Korea's "best hospitals and sanatoriums," an official said.

The Russian soldiers would be treated in North Korean medical facilities, said Matsegora, Moscow's longtime diplomat to Pyongyang.

North Korean soldiers are "sitting ducks," says a British YouTuber who travelled to the frontlines in the Ukraine.

Russia has sent experienced soldiers to North Korea, officially for medical treatment. However, analysts suggest the true goal is the exchange of military experience. The Russian ambassador to North Korea,

Russian soldiers wounded in the war in Ukraine are being rehabilitated in North Korean sanatoriums and specialized clinics, said the Russian ambassador to North Korea, Alexandr Matsegora. “A clear example of the fraternal relationship between Russians and North Koreans is the rehabilitation of hundreds of fighters wounded in the special military operation in Korean sanatoriums and medical centers,