North Korea ‘may send Putin 100k troops to hurl into meatgrinder war’ after defector’s chilling ‘human shield’ warning

KIM Jong-un could beryllium readying 100,000 troops to assistance pal Vladimir Putin's stalling warfare successful Ukraine.

The North Korean despot has already sent 10,000 of his soldiers to beryllium flung into the battleground arsenic Putin looks to claw backmost Kursk

Despite warnings his troops could beryllium utilized arsenic "human shields", Kim could beryllium prepared to deploy arsenic galore arsenic 100,000 much to assistance flailing Putin's army, sources say.

Putin and Kim person been cosying up connected the satellite signifier - and insiders judge if their ties deepen, Pyongyang could beryllium prepared to assistance Vlad more.

Sources acquainted with assessments made by some Group of 20 nations accidental North Korea whitethorn dispatch arsenic galore arsenic 100,000 troops, Bloomberg reports.

Batches of troops could beryllium rotated implicit clip alternatively than been hurled into the meatgrinder successful a azygous deployment, it is understood.

Insiders said the determination is not believed to beryllium imminent - but the 100,000 fig indicates that Putin plans to proceed the warfare for a agelong time.

Kim has already sent his Storm Corps, the country's equivalent of peculiar forces, to combat for Vlad.

The 10,000-strong unit is acceptable to beryllium utilized connected the battlefield successful the coming days arsenic the Russian tyrant aims to retake Kursk, seized by Ukraine successful August.

It is understood Putin has amassed 40,000 of his ain soldiers - bolstered by 10,000 North Korean troops - arsenic helium plots to onslaught Kursk.

A North Korean defector told The Sun that entire units of Kim's soldiers could godforsaken arsenic soon they get to the frontline, however.

Hyun-Seung Lee, a worker successful the Kim service successful the aboriginal 2000s, believes the troops are not acceptable for the frontline and volition beryllium utilized arsenic "human shields" by Russian soldiers.

Questions person been raised astir however good the Korean soldiers volition combat having not seen combat since the Vietnam War and with the units armed, clothed, and tally by the Russians.

Lee told The Sun the soldiers in North Korea will person been forced to spell and they volition beryllium young, truthful they won't beryllium that committed to the fighting. 

He said: "It volition beryllium individuals astatine first, but much similar arsenic clip passes, I deliberation there'll beryllium similar a larger fig of radical defections, including officers."

That's because, Lee says, the Russians volition apt dainty them arsenic "expendable"  and adjacent much poorly than their ain troops.

He said: "Russian soldiers don't respect them arsenic their chap warriors.

"They volition dainty them arsenic their quality shields."

It comes arsenic Joe Biden past nighttime gave his blessing for US-made missiles to beryllium utilized to onslaught wrong Russia.

Outgoing US President Biden's abrupt determination could spot long-range missiles utilized initially successful the Kursk portion wrong days.

The archetypal strikes volition apt beryllium carried retired utilizing the American ATACMS rockets, which person a scope of up to 190 miles, sources say.

America's prohibition assistance could see Sir Keir Starmer also fto Zelensky usage UK Storm Shadow rockets to deed targets.

Putin antecedently said immoderate specified determination would drag Nato into nonstop struggle with Russia.