This is John Batsker speaking with colleague David Maxwell, who reports to us on the Korean Peninsula,

North and South, about the report of North Korean troops sent to Ukraine to fight in the war,

being used in the Kersk Salian. There were reports of casualties, they were rotated out,

and now there are reports that they're back in the fight, especially to close the cursed salient, trap Ukrainian soldiers who might also still be trapped. But the Ukrainians are reporting and David mentions the captured Koreans that they're meeting on the battlefield.

What about the rest of them? What are the numbers? Is there resupply?

David Maxwell speaks to what is known. More of this later.

We've heard another 2 to 3,000. We've seen reports of that, but other than that,

I have no indication. And that could be replacements, could be rotation. As reported, supposedly,

the North Korean forces were taken off the front line for rest and refit and probably retraining. And so they could have

sent replacements for the two or three thousand or they could be conducting some kind of unit

rotation as well.