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Kim Yo-jong Denies Zelensky’s 50,000 Troops Claim

8/19/2026

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  • Kim Yo-jong denied President Volodymyr Zelensky’s claim that North Korea would send up to 50,000 troops to Russia.
  • She blamed the United States and the West for the Ukraine crisis and said about 14,000 North Korea soldiers served in Russia’s Kursk region in 2024 under a 2024 treaty.
  • She added that U.S. hostile policy persists despite President Donald Trump’s order to cut joint U.S.–South Korea drills.