This is John Batchel, speaking with John Hardy of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy,

watching Ukraine conflict and the reports, all unconfirmed of North Korean troops in combat or in the area or moving toward the area.

John gives us what we know without confirmation, what we know about the North Koreans and how they may fight

and where.

Much more of this tonight.

Thank you.

Yeah.

So unfortunately, I don't have any objective evidence of North Korean involvement in the fighting

other than, you know, what U.S. and Ukrainian officials have said, although I do think it's,

it's likely that the bulk of that, you know, maybe 10 to 12,000 that North Korea set are now

in Kuroskoblast. And so so far it seems like there'll be light infantry, probably split between

assault and support roles. So in other words, helping Russian forces

assault Ukrainian trenches or, you know, guarding the rear or digging trenches in the rear,

what have you. I think, you know, language, the language barrier is going to be a significant

problem. And I'm not sure exactly how the Russians are going to approach integrating them into

Russian forces.

I think it seems so far, the North Koreans are organized into four different brigades.

But, you know, I tend to doubt that Russia would try to have them all fight, you know,

as an individual brigade all at once.

I think more likely you could see, you know, as an individual brigade all at once. I think more likely

you could see, you know, like individual companies, for example, you know, kind of organized that

way, maybe even, even battalions at the most. And then, you know, under the command of Russian officers

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