About 11,000 North Korean infantry were training in Russia in October 2024 for use against Ukraine.
Unresolvable Claimed by Government of Ukraine on 18 October 2024.
The statement
Ukraine's military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov told The War Zone that about 11,000 North Korean infantry were training in eastern Russia, would be ready to fight by 1 November, and that a first group of 2,600 was due to go to Kursk Oblast.
- Origin of the claim Ukrainska Pravda
Verdict history
| When | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 18:00 UTC | Open | Unresolvable | Open 12 months after it was said (2024-10-18) with nothing in the record to settle it. ev-20261027-kgy7 records Kyrylo Budanov's figure alongside South Korean intelligence's figure of more than 3,000 troops in Russia. Both are government statements, and the record holds no independent count of North Korean troops in training in October 2024. |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, claim cl-20261027-7vxx, revision 2, https://thewarrecord.com/claims/cl-20261027-7vxx/