100,000 "volunteers" from North Korea for Ukraine front?

North Korea could send 100,000 "volunteers" to support the Russians in eastern Ukraine. Among them soldiers and labor for reconstruction. In return, Russia could supply grain and energy.

The war in Ukraine, which has been going on for months, is also draining the resources of the Russian army. On Russian television, in response to reports that Pyongyang might send 100,000 troops to support Russian troops in Ukraine, anchorman Igor Korochenko said that manpower for reconstruction was also needed. Pyongyang confirmed a plan to send workers to rebuild occupied Ukraine, according to a report by NK News.

Estimates of Russian casualties since the invasion began Feb. 24 differ. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selensky claimed in a speech in late July that about 40,000 Russians had died. By comparison, U.S. and British estimates put the death toll at about 15,000 and the wounded at two to three times that number, according to a report by The Economist