The Kremlin on Thursday (October 10, 2024) dismissed a declare by Seoul that North Korean troopers had been more likely to be combating alongside Russian troops in Ukraine.
“This looks like yet one more pretend information story,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented to journalists with out elaborating.
Ukraine’s Kyiv Submit reported on Friday (October 4, 2024) that six North Korean army officers had been killed in a Ukrainian missile assault on Russian-occupied territory close to Donetsk a day earlier, citing intelligence sources.
South Korean Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun, informed lawmakers on Tuesday that the report was in all probability right.
“We assess that the prevalence of casualties amongst North Korean officers and troopers in Ukraine is very seemingly, contemplating numerous circumstances,” he mentioned.
“The problem of deploying common troops is very seemingly as a result of mutual agreements that resemble a army alliance between Russia and North Korea,” Kim added.
The top of Ukraine’s centre for countering disinformation, Lieutenant Andriy Kovalenko wrote on Telegram Saturday that there have been “small numbers of fight engineers” from North Korea within the Donetsk area fight zone.
He mentioned they had been monitoring the usage of Pyongyang’s ammunition, which he mentioned Russia was more and more dependent upon however is of “low high quality”, as are North Korean missiles.
Consultants have lengthy mentioned North Korean missiles are being deployed in Ukraine by Russian forces — one thing each Moscow and Pyongyang have denied.
South Korea additionally claims Pyongyang has despatched hundreds of containers of weapons to Russia to be used in Ukraine.
The nuclear-armed North has publicly bolstered army ties with Moscow in recent times.
President Vladimir Putin made a uncommon go to to Pyongyang in June, the place he signed a mutual defence settlement with chief Kim Jong Un.
Printed – October 10, 2024 10:59 pm IST
