### [2025-03-27](/feed/2025/03/27/index.md)

##### Russian invasion of Ukraine
# North Korea has sent 3,000 more soldiers to bolster Russia’s war on Ukraine.




### Sources:

1. [CNN Iternation](https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/27/europe/north-korea-russia-ukraine-soldiers-intl-hnk/index.html)

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