英语：朝鲜将派遣多达3万名士兵增强俄罗斯军队

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Source: North Korea to send as many as 30,000 troops to bolster Russia’s forces, Ukrainian officials say | CNN

据乌克兰官员的情报评估，朝鲜计划将其在与乌克兰交战的前线为俄罗斯作战的军队数量增加两倍，额外派遣2.5万至3万人协助莫斯科。据美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）看到的评估，这些部队可能在未来几个月内抵达俄罗斯，继去年11月派遣1.1万名朝鲜士兵参与击退乌克兰入侵俄罗斯库尔斯克地区之后，还将增派部队。据西方官员称，约有4000名朝鲜士兵在此次部署中伤亡，但平壤与莫斯科的合作此后快速发展。评估称，俄罗斯国防部有能力提供“所需的装备、武器和弹药”，以“进一步融入俄罗斯作战部队”。该文件还补充道，朝鲜军队“极有可能”将在俄罗斯占领的乌克兰部分地区参与作战，“以增强俄罗斯部队的实力，包括在大规模进攻行动中”。这份来自乌克兰国防情报机构的评估报告还指出，有迹象表明俄罗斯军用飞机正在进行改装，用于运载人员。

North Korea is set to triple the number of its troops fighting for Russia along the front lines with Ukraine, sending an additional 25,000 to 30,000 soldiers to assist Moscow, according to an intelligence assessment from Ukrainian officials.

The troops may arrive in Russia in the coming months, according to the assessment seen by CNN, adding to the 11,000 sent in November who helped repel Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region. Around 4,000 of those North Korean soldiers were killed or injured in the deployment, according to Western officials, yet Pyongyang’s cooperation with Moscow has since bloomed.

The Ukrainian assessment seen by CNN says the Russian ministry of defense is capable of providing “needed equipment, weapons and ammunition” with the aim of “further integration to Russian combat units.” The document adds “there is a great possibility” the North Korean troops will be engaged in combat in parts of Russian-occupied Ukraine “to strengthen the Russian contingent, including during the large-scale offensive operations.”

The assessment, from Ukraine’s defense intelligence agency, also says there are signs that Russian military aircraft are being refitted to carry personnel.