US Asks North Korea Military To Consider Russian Casualties Before Sending Troops To War In Ukraine

US Asks North Korea Military To Consider Russian Casualties Before Sending Troops To War In Ukraine

the secret mission behind Putin’s North Korea visit [Music] revealed Russia to get reinforcements from pongyang now North Korean boots on the ground in Ukraine a after Russia and North Korea signed a mutual defense pact during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closely watched visit to pongyang reports have emerged that Kim Jong-un may send his forces into Ukraine as early as next month a roer’s report based on a South Korean News Channel TV chos on story citing a South Korean government official says North Korea plans to send construction and Engineering forces to Russia occupied territories of Ukraine for rebuilding work according to the report pongyang troops working overseas under the disguise of construction workers would be moved from China to the Russia held territories in Ukraine this comes as the treaty on comprehensive strategic partnership was signed between Putin and his North Korean counterpart Kim on June 19th the deal includes a clause requiring the two countries to come to each other’s Aid militarily if either is attacked a move that raised Western concerns about the potential transfer of weapons from pongyang to Moscow amid the war as well as potential Russian aid for North Korea’s missile or nuclear program however the deployment of North Korean soldiers in Russian occupied territories of Ukraine amid the war that too so soon after the signing of the defense agreement was not something observers had probably expected neither Pyongyang nor Moscow have officially commented on the report the South Korean foreign Ministry however told Reuters that it was continuing to monitor the situation without confirming the news meanwhile the United states which is the biggest military aid provider to Ukraine cautioned pongyang against such a move yeah I mean that’s certainly something to uh to keep an eye on um I think that um if if I you know if I were North Korean military personnel management I would be questioning my choices on uh sending my forces to be Canon fodder uh and an illegal war against Ukraine um and we’ve seen the kinds of casualties that Russian forces um so um but again uh something that we’ll keep an eye on earlier top North Korean military officials criticized Washington for its expanding military assistance to Ukraine and dispatch of one of its aircraft carriers to join joint drills with pyongyang’s Neighbors South Korea and Japan a Korean Central news agency report cited North Korea’s Vice Minister of Defense Kim kangel saying the US sending an aircraft carrier to the Korean Peninsula was a very dangerous show of force Kim Kang ill warned the dprk bitterly condemns the provocative attempts of the United States and the Republic of Korea the heinous confrontation Maniacs with the most powerful rhetoric and with all possibilities of demonstrating its overwhelming and new deterrent force a nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt arrived in the south South Korean Port City of Busan on June 22nd to take part in joint military exercises later this month with SE and Japan despite warnings from pongyang which sees it as a provocation just days after Putin’s visit to pongyang Pac Jong Chon one of North Korea’s top military officials said Moscow had the right to opt for any kind of retaliatory strike if Washington kept pushing Ukraine to a proxy war against Russia it could provoke a stronger response from Moscow and a new world war Pac was quoted as saying by state-owned kcna the warning came after the Pentagon last week said that Ukrainian forces can use us supplied weapons to strike Russian forces anywhere across the border into Russia in response to Washington’s move the Russian president threatened to arm North Korea if Western countries continued providing military aid to Ukraine now uh the next day the US called Putin’s remarks incredibly concerning in a press briefing it would um destabilize the Korean peninsula of course and potentially given depending on the type of weapons they provide might violate un Security Council resolutions that Russia itself has supported on the Battlefront North Korea has been repeatedly Accused by Ukraine’s Western allies of sending weapons to Russia during the war a Washington Post report Based on data from US security nonprofit C4 ads claims that Russia may have received about 1.6 million artillery shells from North Korea from August to January the report says as much as 74,000 metric tons of explosives have moved from Russia’s far east ports to other sites mainly along the borders near Ukraine Moscow and pongyang have also recently agreed to resume passenger train Services between Vladivostok a main Russian Pacific port city and the North Korean city of raisen the rail service between the two countries which is starting in July was disrupted during the covid-19 pandemic Russia and North Korea’s signing of a mutual defense pact last week sent ripples across the region with South Korea summoning moscow’s Envoy and Japan and the United States voicing serious concern United by Massive and strict sanctions imposed by the us-led west pongyang and Moscow have in the past few years boosted their ties marked by reciprocal visits and signing of agreements to Aid each other’s economy culture and Military

Days after Russia and North Korea signed a “mutual defence pact” during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closely-watched visit to Pyongyang, reports have emerged that Kim Jong Un may send his forces into Ukraine as early as next month. A South Korean news channel’s report citing a South Korean government official says Pyongyang’s troops, working overseas under the disguise of construction workers, would be moved from China to the Russia-held territories in Ukraine.
How will Ukraine’s Western allies see this reported move by Moscow and Pyongyang? Does this mark a new phase in Kim’s mutual aid relationship with Putin?
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