North Korea's foreign minister arrived in Russia on Tuesday for talks as the Russia-Ukraine war appeared to take a dangerous new turn, with NATO and South Korea expressing alarm that North Korean troops could soon be joining in on Moscow's side. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks to Dr Samuel Ramani from the Royal United Services Institute. He says that the vast majority of North Korean troops will become 'cannon fodder' on the Ukrainian front.
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Ukrainian spies say they have intercepted phone calls from Russian troops saying their military’s integration of North Korean soldiers isn’t going well. On audio released by Ukraine’s spy agency, Russian soldiers sound doubtful they have enough commanders and weapons for the new arrivals. On one call, a Russian soldier was “outraged” that armored vehicles in short supply were being given to North Korean troops. Read more from @USAToday.

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Chaos as Russia tries to absorb North Korean troops, Ukraine spies say

In the calls, which Ukrainian spies said they intercepted, Russian soldiers complain that "we all work like translators now."

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