The new NATO chief confirmed that Pyongyang has deployed troops to the Russian border area, calling it an indication of Putin’s “rising desperation”.
North Korean troops have been deployed in Russia, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed on Monday, citing a “harmful growth” of the battle in Ukraine that dangers undermining safety in each Europe and Korea.
His remarks observe Ukrainian intelligence claims that round 11,000 North Korean squaddies have been coaching in japanese Russia, together with Pyongyang’s help of weapons and industrial manpower.
The deployment of North Korean troops to the Kursk area, which Ukraine raided in August, “represents a big escalation within the DPRK’s (North Korea) ongoing involvement in Russia’s unlawful battle,” he mentioned.
Violation of UN resolutions was a “harmful growth of Russia’s battle” following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, mentioned Rutte, the previous Dutch prime minister who took over at NATO early this month.
He additionally mentioned the reliance on international help was a “signal of Putin’s rising desperation” in a battle that Rutte mentioned has seen 600,000 Russian troopers killed or wounded.
His remarks got here after the North Atlantic Council met with South Korean intelligence and diplomats from Australia and Japan to debate allegations that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described because the “first step in the direction of world battle.”
Ukraine has already began posting movies in Korean calling on troopers to give up as prisoners of battle.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had already confirmed the presence of North Korean troops in Russia final week, however declined to say whether or not they have been appearing as co-belligerents.
