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Thousands of North Korean soldiers on the border with Ukraine! They await the order to deploy

2024-10-24 17:08:07Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Thousands of North Korean soldiers on the border with Ukraine! They await the
North Korean soldiers in Russia

About 2,000 North Korean soldiers have completed training in Russia and are being deployed to its western regions near the border with Ukraine, Japan's Kyodo News reported.

The troops traveling by train are likely to go to the Kursk region, where an advance team of about 10 officers has set up a base of operations to host North Korean ground forces, Kyodo reported, citing Ukrainian military intelligence.

Russia is fighting a Ukrainian incursion in Kursk, which borders Ukraine's Sumy region.

On Wednesday, US officials said at least 3,000 North Korean soldiers had been training in the Russian Far East since early to mid-October.

Moscow and Pyongyang have rejected separate claims by Kiev and Seoul that the Kremlin had sought support from North Korea for its ongoing war in Ukraine. Earlier this week, a North Korean diplomat told the United Nations that the allegations were "baseless, stereotypical rumours".

South Korea's spy agency released satellite images last week showing troop transport ships moving between North Korea's eastern seaport of Wonsan and Vladivostok in Russia's Far East. Pyongyang has committed up to 12,000 personnel, including special operations forces, and most will have arrived in Russia by December, the agency said on Wednesday.

The Ukrainian military source told Kyodo that the 2,000 North Korean soldiers could be deployed in Kursk or in the southwestern Rostov region, which borders the Russian military's main offensive in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

It was still unclear whether North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would authorize his forces to conduct cross-border operations on Ukrainian territory, a decision that would mark the first foreign war in North Korea's history.

In Moscow on Thursday, the lower house of the Russian parliament ratified a mutual defense pact signed between Kim and President Vladimir Putin in June during the latter's visit to Pyongyang. The agreement obliges the parties to immediately provide military assistance if either is attacked.

Also Thursday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said his government was considering sending offensive weapons to Ukraine in addition to the non-lethal support it was currently providing. Her decision depended on North Korea's activity, Yoon said.

On Wednesday, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was the first senior US official to publicly confirm reports that North Korean soldiers had traveled to Russia for military training. However, North Korea's intent was not immediately clear, Austin said.

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters at the White House that North Korean forces were transferred from Vladivostok to "multiple Russian military training facilities in eastern Russia where they are currently undergoing training."

"We don't know yet if these soldiers will go into combat alongside the Russian military, but that's certainly a very worrisome probability," Kirby said. He added that after training, these soldiers could travel to Western Russia and then engage in combat against the Ukrainian army.

Kirby added that “Russia is suffering tremendous casualties on the battlefield every day, but President [Vladimir] Putin seems intent on continuing this war. If Russia is indeed forced to turn to North Korea for soldiers, that would be a sign of weakness."


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