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.