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South Korea aims to send team to Ukraine to monitor North Korean troops, official says

South Korea aims to send a team to Ukraine to monitor and analyze the deployment of North Korean troops by Russia, a presidential official said on Wednesday.

The official, who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity, said Seoul and its allies estimated at least 11,000 North Korean soldiers had been moved to Russia with more than 3,000 of them now deployed close to the front lines in Ukraine.