North Korea is reportedly preparing to send another 5,000 personnel to Russia, including two military brigades, construction workers, and 1,000 demining experts for the Kursk region. -This deepens a military alliance that has already seen an estimated 6,

North Korea will send 5,000 military construction workers to Russia, Kremlin says - Sergei Shoigu says North Korean workers will help repair damage from Ukrainian incursion in Kursk

On Wednesday, Russia's TASS news agency quoted Shoigu as saying North Korea would send a "division of builders, two military brigades [of] 5,000 people", as well as 1,000 deminers to help with the "restoration" of the Kursk region.