Kyiv’s North Korea Troop Surge Never Materialized — SkimNews
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- Kyiv warned of tens of thousands of additional North Korean troops, but the anticipated buildup never materialized.
- North Korea had already obtained what it wanted from Russia’s war, while Kyiv’s warned-about troop buildup never occurred.
Why it matters: For Kyiv, the concrete stakes were tens of thousands of additional North Korean troops, and that anticipated reinforcement did not materialize. North Korea nevertheless already obtained what it wanted from Russia’s war, so the unrealized troop buildup did not alter Pyongyang’s stated wartime result.
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