- Kim Takes Wraps Off General Before Deployment to Russia Newser
- North Korea Sent a Mystery Man to Lead Its Troops Fighting Ukraine The Wall Street Journal
- North Korea sent more conventional weapons to Russia, South Korea says The Associated Press
- Ukraine war briefing: North Korean soldiers ‘fighting in Russian elite units’ The Guardian
- Putin paying for 100,000 North Korean troops helps him delay a second mobilization: ISW Business Insider