Kim Jong-un comes to the aid of Vladimir Putin in the war Russia is fighting in Ukraine. North Korea could send its soldiers to help Moscow’s armed forces in the conflict that has been ongoing for over 950 days.
According to South Korean news agency Yonhap, Seoul’s Defense Minister Kim Yong-Hyun said in parliament that Pyongyang was likely planning to send regular troops, “since Russia and North Korea have signed a treaty similar to a military alliance. The possibility of such a deployment is high.” Kim and Putin signed the agreement in June, when the Russian president visited North Korea.
North Korean soldiers already in Ukraine?
The presence of North Korean soldiers in the theater of war would already be a reality, judging by the news released in recent days by the Ukrainian media. In particular, 7 Pyongyang officers were killed in a Ukrainian raid in Donetsk. “We believe there have been injuries and casualties among North Korean soldiers in Ukraine,” the South Korean minister said.
For over a year, North Korea has been supplying Russia with large quantities of artillery shells and ballistic missiles to support the war effort. There have also been reports of North Korean military or police personnel leaving to join “reconstruction efforts” in Donbass in early 2023, and of plans to send military trainers in July this year.
The two countries signed a mutual defense pact during Putin’s visit. “Relations between Russia and North Korea are evolving to become almost as close as a military alliance,” the South Korean minister said. “Therefore, from our point of view, more North Korean troops could be deployed in the war.”
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