{"id":372067,"date":"2026-08-21T19:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/russia-to-get-50k-troops-from-n-korea-incl-drone-units-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T19:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:00:17","slug":"russia-to-get-50k-troops-from-n-korea-incl-drone-units-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/russia-to-get-50k-troops-from-n-korea-incl-drone-units-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia to get 50K troops from N Korea, incl. drone units: Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/BY7f8ckzyFw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Russia to get 50K troops from N Korea, incl. drone units: Ukraine\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BY7f8ckzyFw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>North Korea, who signed a NATO-style mutual defense pact, with Russia two years ago, has been sending troops to assist Moscow\u2019s military operations since late 2024 and may be asked to contribute up to 50,000 more when President Vladimir Putin meets his counterpart Kim Jong Un in September, according to Major General Vadym Skibitskiy, Deputy Head of Ukrainian Defense Intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Escalating North Korean involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war<br \/>\n3:35 Are more North Korean drones deployed in Ukraine?<br \/>\n4:50 Perspective from the ground in Kyiv<\/p>\n<p>Watch 24\/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4eIvlTr<\/p>\n<p>#News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea, who signed a NATO-style mutual defense pact, with Russia two years ago, has been sending troops to assist Moscow\u2019s military operations since late 2024 and may be asked to contribute up to 50,000 more when President Vladimir Putin meets his counterpart Kim Jong Un in September, according to Major General Vadym Skibitskiy, Deputy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":372068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128809],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-372067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cnn"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Russia to get 50K troops from N Korea, incl. drone units: Ukraine | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Russia to get 50K troops from N Korea, incl. drone units: Ukraine for free, here on News ISC. 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