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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Justin McCurry in Tokyo

North Korean labour could be sent to rebuild Donbas, Russian ambassador says

Homes in Sievierodonetsk destroyed in the Russian capture of the city. The Kremlin’s envoy to North Korea said Pyongyang could send workers to rebuild Donbas.
Homes in Sievierodonetsk destroyed in the Russian capture of the city. The Kremlin’s envoy to North Korea said Pyongyang could send workers to rebuild Donbas. Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters

North Korea could send workers to two Russian-controlled territories in eastern Ukraine, according to Russia’s ambassador in Pyongyang – a move that would pose a challenge to international sanctions against the North’s nuclear weapons programme.

According to NK News, a Seoul-based website, ambassador Alexander Matsegora said North Korean workers could help rebuild the war-shattered infrastructure in the self-proclaimed people’s republics in Donetsk and Luhansk.

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