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North Korea’s actions aren’t random,
Zelenskyy said in a frank interview with South Korea’s public broadcasting network KBS on Thursday Whether these forces are in Kursk or on our occupied lands, they are preparing to fight Ukrainian soldiers. The world must recognize the gravity of this alliance,
Russian and DPRK forces would almost certainly experience interoperability difficulties having not previously carried out joint military exercises,
The North Korean military is designed to fight on the Korean Peninsula and not to be deployed abroad,
Mark Cancian, senior adviser to the international security program at the US think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), told DW Kim is not stupid. He knows that Putin needs both the ammunition and the troops from North Korea. So why not ask for a higher price?"
It would be different if North Korea retained command of its deployed soldiers, either alone or together with Russia,
Europe has traditionally been North Korea's gateway to the West and was seen by Pyongyang as more 'neutral' than the United States,
It is our sovereign decision."
The axis of evil is active. Who can guarantee that North Korean soldiers won't be deployed in the Baltic States in a few years' time or that the Chinese won't buy them in to attack Taiwan?"
Ukraine will effectively be forced to fight against North Korea in Europe,
If Russia had sole command, the actions of these soldiers would be solely attributable to Russia under international law,
We believe that many [of the North Koreans] will desert their posts to defect, most likely to try and reach South Korea,
said the Ukrainian commander Russian dogs rushed us to attack," but that the Ukrainians had "covered us in artillery and drones".
One severely wounded survivor who is now being treated in a field hospital said Kim Jong-un gave us orders that we should invariably and powerfully support and provide assistance to the Russian army their holy war."
Choe Son Hui, North Korea's foreign minister who met Kremlin’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov in Moscow today, said It is expected that North Korea has promised to send between 10,000 and 12,000 troops, including 500 officers and three generals, to the Russian Federation. The arrival of North Korean soldiers on the Ukrainian front is likely to be gradual. The deployment of the next North Korean units to the Ukrainian front will take place in the coming weeks,
the Estonian intelligence official said And their training does not include combat operations in such conditions. The training they receive in the Russian Federation is certainly not of a very high level. Therefore, we can expect North Korean units to suffer heavy losses in Ukraine, and likely even more losses than Russian forces have suffered so far,
However, if this additional deployment of units to Russia, along with their training and subsequent arrival on the Ukrainian front, continues over the long term, it could indeed bring some changes to the front line,
Nevertheless, the current intelligence assessment remains that this deployment of North Korean units in Ukraine will continue,
Putin is checking the reaction of the West ... And I believe that after all these reactions, Putin will decide and increase the contingent ... The reaction that is there today is nothing, it is zero."
Regarding the reaction to the deployment of North Korean troops, Zelensky said, according to Reuters If the response is weak, we should expect the numbers of foreign soldiers on our soil to increase."
