Russia preparing to receive another 30,000 N. Korean troops for Ukraine war: Zelenskyy

Russia is preparing to bring in an additional 30,000 North Korean troops to its war against Ukraine, with Pyongyang also planning to send more missile launchers to Moscow to support the war effort, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Zelenskyy made the remarks in an X posting summarizing his nightly video address, saying that Moscow has been preparing since last month to deploy the troops to a border region in the southwest.

"Russia wants to receive another 30,000 troops from North Korea.

Since June, preparations have been under way in Russia's Voronezh region to receive them," Zelenskyy said in the posting.

"North Korea is also preparing to transfer additional launchers for ballistic missiles to Russia," he said.

Zelenskyy warned that the potential deployment would pose a threat to other Asian countries within range of the North's missile launches.

"This is a threat not only to Ukraine.

Russia is helping North Korea learn how to wage war, improve its weapons and gain real combat experience in using them," he said.

"All of this is a threat to everyone in Asia who is within range ...