Russia is set to deploy North Korean troops in Ukraine, according to South Korean intelligence, which has already identified North Korean officers in the Donetsk region.
However, at the same time, economic analysts have warned the Russian economy is about to go into “meltdown” and the deployment of foreign troops, as well as the use of foreign artillery, is an indicator of the Kremlin’s diminishing financial power.
Rutgers University-Newark political science professor Alexander J. Motyl wrote in The Hill that the “meltdown” would arrive as soon as 2025.
He explained: “As the Russian economy tanks, immiseration, and social discontent grow, and money dries up, Putin will run out of resources to fuel his war machine.”
At the same time, around 1500 North Korean special forces are training in eastern Russia, in prepartion for deployment, according to the South Korean spy agency. President Zelensky, however, claimed in Brussels that the actual figure was 10,000.
