South Korea’s intelligence service reported that North Korea has begun sending troops into Ukraine to fight with Russia. Seoul warned of a grave threat to security.
This accusation was made one day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he thought 10,000 North Koreans would join the conflict based on intelligence.
On Friday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol called a meeting for a discussion on security. He said the international community must respond with “all available means”.
Anonymous South Korean sources have told South Korean media the final number may be less than 12,000
A rocket recovered in Ukraine’s Poltava region has proven that North Korea is supplying Russia with ammunition.
He called him “his closest friend “.
Yoon’s Office reported that the National Security Office of South Korea and officials from the Ministry of National Defence, National Intelligence Service, and National Defence Service were present at the security meeting on Friday.
In the report, it was stated that “[the] participants decided not to ignore the situation and respond jointly with the international community using all available means.”
The National Intelligence Service alleged the claim just days after Ukrainian sources said that Russia had formed a North Korean division in its army.
Putin presented this bill to ratify the pact he signed with Kim earlier in the week. The agreement promises that Russia will help North Korea if one country “aggresses” against the others.
According to the NIS spy agency of South Korea, North Korean troops are training in Russian bases at Vladivostok or Khabarovsk.
This appears to confirm information from a Russian source who said, “Several North Koreans stationed here”.
Seoul’s spy agency released pictures of Ussuriysk & Khabarovsk, where they said hundreds of North Korean soldiers had gathered. A second photo was taken in Chongjin Port, North Korea. It shows a Russian vessel with North Korean soldiers.
The NIS has reported that North Korea has sent more than 13,000 containers with anti-armor missiles (anti-armor shells) and missiles from Russia to Russia in the past eight months.
The report said eight million 122mm and 152mm shells had been supplied to Russia.
However, some military experts believe that Russia will have difficulty integrating North Korean soldiers on its frontlines.
They claimed that, apart from the language barrier, the North Korean Army has not engaged in recent combat operations.
Valeriy Ryabykh, the editor of Ukrainian Defence Express, said that Russians would be freed to fight in other places if they guarded certain sections along the Russian border.
These units may appear on the front line.
