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‘Blood alliance’: why South Korea fears North’s involvement in Ukraine war

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Video purports to show North Korean soldiers in green fatigues receiving basic supplies at a training base in Russia ’s east.

News that Pyongyang has sent 3,000 troops to train to fight in Ukraine has horrified Ukraine , the US and Europe .

The South fears that North Korean involvement in the Ukraine conflict could have repercussions along their border.

Kim ’s decision to so closely align himself with Putin will only boost the North 's sanctions-busting nuclear weapons programme.

The longer the war in Ukraine goes on, the more forces Putin will need from North Korea ,’ said Harry Kazianis , senior director of national security affairs at the Center for the National Interest in Washington .

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