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North Korea ‘deploys 12,000 troopers’ to assist Putin’s struggle in Ukraine – with troops ‘given faux Russian IDs’

By Editorial Board Published October 18, 2024 5 Min Read
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North Korea ‘deploys 12,000 troopers’ to assist Putin’s struggle in Ukraine – with troops ‘given faux Russian IDs’

North Korea has deployed 12,000 troopers to assist Vladimir Putin’s struggle in opposition to Ukraine – with Pyongyang’s troops given faux Russian IDs, South Korea’s spy company has reportedly mentioned.

The transfer – if confirmed – can be a major enlargement in assist to Moscow from Pyongyang, which has already supplied giant quantities of ammunition and missiles.

Additionally it is triggering alarm bells in Seoul amid escalating tensions between South Korea and its reclusive neighbour.

The Nationwide Intelligence Service (NIS), the chief intelligence company of South Korea, mentioned immediately that Russian army automobiles had moved round 1,500 North Korean particular forces troops to Russia.

The North Korean troops obtained Russian army uniforms, weapons and faux Russian IDs, the spy company added.

South Korea additionally says it has used synthetic intelligence (AI) facial recognition know-how to determine North Korean troopers who’ve been deployed to Russia.

North Korea has additionally despatched artillery shells, anti-tank rockets and ballistic missiles to Russia, the NIS has mentioned.

The spy company added North Korean missile technical officers are on the frontlines supporting Russia’s use of missiles supplied by Pyongyang.

In the meantime, the workplace of South Korea’s president on Friday – with out confirming numbers – warned that the deployment of North Korean forces to Russia was a grave safety risk to the worldwide group and mentioned it will reply with all accessible means.

It comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed this week that North Korea was making ready to deploy 10,000 troopers to hitch Russia’s invasion, calling any North Korean involvement “the first step to a world war”.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea’s chief Kim Jong Un in June this 12 months. Pic: AP

The NIS didn’t instantly affirm the report.

However South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol held an unscheduled safety assembly with key intelligence, army and nationwide safety officers to debate North Korean troops’ involvement in Russia’s struggle in opposition to Ukraine.

The presidential workplace didn’t instantly affirm whether or not South Korea has formally verified the North Korean troop deployment.

“The participants … shared the view that the current situation where Russia and North Korea’s closer ties have gone beyond the movement of military supplies to actual dispatch of troops is a grave security threat not only to our country but to the international community,” it mentioned in an announcement.

Ukraine’s president, talking after a gathering on the headquarters of the NATO army alliance on Thursday, revealed that “tactical personnel” in addition to army officers from the totalitarian state have been already on the bottom in Russian-occupied elements of Ukraine.

The intelligence has but to be confirmed by Western officers however the UK, the US and different allies are understood to be monitoring the scenario intently.

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North Korea has been ramping up assist for its shut ally Russia in return for financial help and likewise possible army know-how and new army capabilities.

The 2 nations earlier this 12 months signed a defence settlement throughout a go to by Russian President Vladimir Putin to see North Korean chief Kim Jong-Un in Pyongyang.

On the identical time, North Korea has turned more and more aggressive in the direction of South Korea, this week declaring its neighbour to be a “hostile nation”.

Kim accuses Seoul of colluding with Washington to hunt the collapse of his regime, and has pushed for a transparent break with many years of coverage engagement with the South, together with the scrapping of unification as a aim.

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