Ukraine: Moscow-Pyongyang military cooperation, a “significant threat”

Military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang represents a “significant threat to global security,” South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Tuesday. The Pentagon said the day before that North Korea had sent 10,000 troops to Russia.

“This illegal military cooperation between Russia and North Korea […] could pose a serious risk to our national security,” Yoon added.

According to the Pentagon, North Korea has sent around 10,000 troops to train in eastern Russia, which will “probably” result in “a reinforcement of Russian forces near Ukraine in the coming weeks “. “A part” of these troops “has already moved closer to Ukraine,” added a spokesperson.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he expected, based on his intelligence services, that the North Korean troops deployed in Russia will “soon be 12,000”, fearing to see them next on the battlefield in Ukraine.

ATS