Putin 'plans to deploy thousands of North Korean soldiers'

is believed to be sending thousands of tunnelling troops to to open a new 'underground front' on the border with Ukraine as part of a deal with Vladimir Putin.

suspects that military engineers being sent by are not for 'restoration work' in the Donbas, as stated, but for an ulterior purpose.

Russia has already used tunnels twice in the conflict, in Avdiivka and Toretsk, says United Ukraine analyst Aleksey Kushch, who has warned of a bid to break the war 'deadlock' by digging tunnels in summer and autumn.

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