Ukrainian media suggested the soldiers would be deployed in combat roles inside Russia as part of a “special Buryat battalion” named after the indigenous Mongol ethnic groups of Siberia, Mongolia and northern China.
In June, Vladimir Putin visited North Korea for the first time in 24 years signing of a “global strategic partnership pact” with Kim Jong Un.
The treaty acts as a mutual defense agreement, that is, if either Russia or North Korea “enters a state of war due to armed aggression”, the other must provide military and other assistance.
Last week, the New York Times reported that Russia has suffered 600,000 casualties – dead or injured – since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine.
U.S. officials have blamed the high casualty rate on a bitter war of attrition that over the past year has not resulted in much territorial change.
September of this year was considered the bloodiest month of the war so far. Russiaaccording to American officials.