North Korean soldiers have been filmed receiving uniforms and equipment at a training ground in Russia’s far east in what appears to confirm reports from South Korean intelligence services that 1,500 soldiers had been shipped over for military training.

A Ukrainian government official says a video showing dozens of North Korean recruits lining up to collect Russian military fatigues and gear aims to intimidate Ukrainian forces.

There are now almost 11,000 North Korean infantry troops training in eastern Russia, to fight in Ukraine, Kyiv's Defense Intelligence Directorate has said. This week has seen multiple reports about Moscow planning to use North Korean soldiers,