28.Kyiv, Seoul, and the Western countries accused North Korea of sending thousands of troops to aid Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine.According to Ukraine, Moscow is preparing to deploy 12,000 North Korean soldiers as a boost to its war effort. The first batch should reportedly be deployed in Kursk Oblast, a Russian border region partially held by Ukrainian forces.In response to the reports, a group of North Korean defectors living in South Korea offered their experience with the North Korean military to help wage psychological warfare against Moscow's allies, the South China Morning Post writes."North Korean soldiers are there essentially as mercenaries, but we would go as volunteers with a goodwill mission," said Lee Min-bok, one of the initiative's key figures who posted an appeal for deployment to the Ukrainian Embassy in Seoul.