SEOUL: South Korea‘s spy chief advised lawmakers Wednesday that North Korea has despatched one other 1,500 troops to Russia to help its battle towards Ukraine.
Final week, the Nationwide Intelligence Service stated it had confirmed that North Korea despatched 1,500 particular operation forces to Russia this month.
NIS director Cho Tae-yong advised a closed-door parliamentary committee assembly that his company has discovered North Korea despatched further 1,500 troopers to Russia, in line with lawmakers Park Sunwon and Lee Seong Kweun who attended the assembly.
Park cited Cho as saying that North Korea plans to ship a complete of 10,000 troops to Russia by December.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has earlier stated his authorities had intelligence that 10,000 North Korea troopers had been being ready to affix invading Russian forces.
North Korea and Russia have been sharply boosting their cooperation previously two years. In June, they signed a serious protection deal requiring each international locations to make use of all out there means to supply instant army help if both is attacked.
South Korea’s spy company lately stated that North Korea had despatched greater than 13,000 containers of artillery, missiles and different typical arms to Russia since August 2023 to replenish its dwindling weapons stockpiles.
Studies that the North is sending troops to Russia stoked safety jitters in South Korea. South Korean officers fear that Russia might reward North Korea by giving it subtle weapons applied sciences that might increase the North’s nuclear and missile applications that focus on South Korea.
The US and Nato have not formally confirmed reviews of North Korea’s troop dispatch however warned of the hazard of the actions if true.
