Support for Ukraine from South Korea may intensify due to the presence of North Korean troops in Russia, reports the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW). "South Korea signaled possible readiness to increase support for Ukraine amid continued Ukrainian intelligence on the deployment of North Korean forces near the Russian border with

South Korea warns it could consider supplying weapons to Ukraine in response to North Korea allegedly dispatching troops to Russia.

North Korea’s deployment of troops to Russia’s Kursk region to support its Ukraine war efforts has raised alarms in Washington and Seoul. The partnership between Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin appears rooted not in ideology but in mutual strategic benefit.