North Korean troops INSIDE Russia as US confirms 3,000 men as ‘cannon fodder for desperate Vlad in Ukraine war’

AT LEAST 3,000 North Korean troops are now in Russia, with US officials fearing they have been shipped in to help Putin wage his bloody war against Ukraine.

Many more are likely to follow as North Korea plans to deploy a total of 10,000 soldiers by the end of the year, reports claim.

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The US revealed on Wednesday that at least 3,000 soldiers have put their boots on Putin’s country after Ukraine’s military intelligence claimed North Korean troops would help push back his forces.

And the US now appears to be backing this claim, with US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby confirming that it is a “very high probability” that the North Korean soldiers are there to fight.

He warned: “After completing training, these soldiers could travel to western Russia and engage in battle with the Ukrainian army.”

Earlier on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Austin warned that if this were the case, it would be a “very, very serious issue.”

He believes the then-alleged North Korean deployment could have been due to an embarrassing shortage of Russian recruits.

Austin said: “This is an indication that he (Putin) may be in even more trouble than most people realize.

‘He started working early on with tin cupping to obtain additional weapons and materials from the DPRK and then from North Korea Iran.

“And now he’s making an effort to recruit more people – if that’s the case, if these troops are meant to be part of the fight in Ukraine.”

The US established that the North Korean soldiers were transported by ship from the Wonsan region to the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok in October.

Tyrant Putin and ruthless dictator Kim Jong Un have built a close relationship to form what has been called an “Axis of Evil” against the West.

And Pyongyang is now determined to help the desperate Russian leader win his meat grinder war against Ukraine.

Dramatic videos from Russia’s Far East show Kim’s soldiers being given battlefield equipment and taking part in strict military training.

One video shared online allegedly features a voice saying: “The handsome allied soldiers from North Korea have arrived.

“I hope the war will end now.”

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Russia and North Korea have so far denied the troop movements.

Pyongyang said reports that it has sent troops abroad are simply “baseless rumours”.

Despite Kim’s handlers denying the claims, South Korean intelligence reports that troops are being given fake military IDs before being shipped to Siberian regions such as Yakutia and Buryatia.

‘DO NOT DIE ON FOREIGN SOIL’

Ukraine has asked North Korean troops to surrender rather than die for their dictator.

A message written in both Korean and Russian reads: “We call on the fighters of the Korean people Army not to die pointlessly on foreign soil.

“You should not repeat the fate of hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers who will never return home.

“Surrender now and Ukraine will shelter, feed and warm you.”

A video shared by Kiev’s armed forces shows a prisoner of war camp built to house North Korean troops who choose to surrender.

It says: ‘The POWs in the camp will be housed in large, warm and bright rooms with separate sleeping quarters.

“They get three meals a day, including meat, fresh vegetables and bread.”

DESPERATE VLAD

Officials have also discovered signs that North Korea is moving relatives of soldiers chosen to be sent to Russia to special locations to isolate them.

World leaders say if North Korean troops are seen in Ukraine it would be a clear sign of desperation from a paranoid Vlad.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb told Reuters: “We are just seeing how desperate Russia is.

‘There aren’t that many allies in this world.

“It relies on Iranian weapons, it relies on North Korean soldiers. How much worse can it get?”

It comes as the North Korean despot has also supplied tens of thousands of containers of weapons to Russia for its illegal invasion.

Kim sent 13,000 shipping containers of weapons to Russia for the war over a two-year period, a South Korean minister said.

Ammunition supplies are crucial for Russia to continue prosecuting its war and killing innocent Ukrainians.

In January, Russia used North Korean missiles to bomb Ukraine for the first time, killing at least 50 people.

Late last month, small North Korean tanks called Bulsae-4 were even spotted fighting in Ukraine.

North Korea has denied supplying the Kremlin with ballistic missiles and artillery shells.

But according to reports, Kim has even promised to send 15,000 tunnel diggers to Ukraine to dig a Hamas-style underground front.

Russia uses ‘dark’ ships with their GPS disabled so they cannot be tracked to ship some containers.

In return, Putin would protect his friend at the UN by vetoing agencies that are supposed to enforce sanctions on North Korea.

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