KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated on Sunday that support connections with his nation’s companions would certainly need to transform because of North Korean transfers of individuals along with tools to Russian pressures in Ukraine.
The Kremlin on Thursday rejected South Korean assertions that North Korea might have sent out some armed forces workers to assist Russia versus Ukraine and could be evaluating a larger implementation.
“We see that the alliance between Russia and such regimes as the North Korean one is getting stronger,” Zelenskiy stated in his every night video clip address. “This is not just about the transfer of weapons, this is in fact about the transfer of people from North Korea to the armed forces of the occupiers.
“It is apparent that under such problems our partnership with our companions requires to progress,” he added. “The cutting edge requires even more assistance. We are speaking about even more long-range abilities for Ukraine and a lot more continual products for our pressures as opposed to a basic checklist of armed forces equipment.”
South Korea’s Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun said on Tuesday that ” there was a high opportunity” North Korea could deploy troops to help Russia in the war with Ukraine.
Kim also told a parliamentary hearing that news reports of North Korean military officers having been killed in a Ukrainian strike on territory controlled by Russian forces were likely true.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, asked on Thursday if North Korea was sending its troops to fight in Ukraine, told reporters: “This appears like one more little bit of phony information.”
(Reporting and composing by Elaine Monaghan in Washington; Additional coverage by Bogdan Kochubey in Kyiv; Editing by David Holmes)
