The Ukrainian president once again criticized on Friday the attitude of his allies towards the deployment of North Korean troops in the Russian border region of Kursk.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday accused his allies of passivity in the face of the mobilization of North Korean soldiers in Russia, demanding again to be able to use long-range weapons instead “to wait for the North Korean army to start hitting the Ukrainians”.
“Now we see all the sites where Russia is gathering these North Korean soldiers on its territory, all their camps. We could strike preemptively, if we had the ability to strike far enough.”Mr. Zelensky said in his daily address, accusing his allies of “just wait until the North Korean army starts hitting the Ukrainians” instead of providing long-range weapons “which she greatly needs”.
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For their part, Moscow and Pyongyang displayed their unity on Friday. North Korea will stand by Russia until its “victoire” in Ukraine, the North Korean Foreign Minister warned in Moscow.
“There is no doubt that (…) the Russian army and people will achieve a great victory” in Ukraine, said Choe Son Hui, during a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. The latter greeted the “very close contacts (…) established between the military and the security services” of the two countries and expressed the “gratitude” from Moscow “for the principled position” North Korean.
“We reaffirm that we will always stand firmly alongside our Russian comrades until Victory Day”added the North Korean minister, according to a Russian translation of her remarks.
