Ukrainian media suggested the soldiers would be deployed in combat roles inside Russia as part of a “special Buryat battalion” named after Mongolic ethnic groups indigenous to Siberia, Mongolia and northern China.
In June, Vladimir Putin visited North Korea for the first time in 24 years signing a “comprehensive strategic partnership pact” with Kim Jong-un.
The treaty acts as a mutual defence agreement meaning if either Russia or North Korea “get into a state of war due to an armed aggression” the other must provide military and other assistance.
Last week, the New York Times reported that Russia had suffered 600,000 casualties – dead or wounded – since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine.
US officials blamed the high casualty rate on a grinding war of attrition that over the past year has not seen much in the way of territorial changes.
September this year was said to have been the bloodiest month of the war so far for Russia, according to US officials.
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