North Korea has sent 3,000 additional soldiers to Russia this year. Missiles, artillery and ammunition are also continued from North Korea to help Russia in the fight against Ukraine.This claim was made by South Korea, the largest opponent of North Korea, 27 March.
Significantly, Russia and North Korea, who have been traditional ally since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, have come close. In such a situation, South Korea has repeatedly accused North Korean dictator leader Kim Jong Un for sending thousands of soldiers and arms containers to help Moscow.
Even though neither Moscow nor Pyongyang has officially confirmed the deployment of the army, the two countries signed a comprehensive military agreement last year, including the clause to protect each other. The agreement was approved when Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare visit to North Korea.
What has South Korea claimed?
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, “It is estimated to send an additional 3,000 soldiers between January and February.” He said that 4,000 out of 11,000 North Korean soldiers sent to Russia are expected to be killed or injured.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff reports said, “Apart from sending soldiers, North Korea has continued supply of missiles, artillery equipment and ammunition .. So far, it has been assessed that North Korea has been assessed that North Korea has a large amount of short-range ballistic missiles, as well as 170 mm automatic guns and 240 mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mimi
South Korea warned that “this number may increase depending on the status of the battlefield”.
Significantly, last year, North Korea violated the United Nations sanctions and put a series of ballistic missiles. Experts have warned that nuclear weapons -armed North Korea can test weapons for export to Russia for use against Ukraine.
(Input-AFP)