“The Ukrainian side has not officially announced this visit yet”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
A representative of the Ministry of Defense of South Korea declined to comment.
The Ukrainian side has not officially announced this visit yet.
Analysts expect Seoul to take a cautious stance on the request after Donald Trump’s election victory and Moscow’s repeated warnings against such actions.
At the end, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi held a telephone conversation with the President of the Republic of Korea, Yoon Seok-yol, after which he announced the exchange of delegations with South Korea.
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that the first military units from the DPRK arrived in the combat zone of the Russian-Ukrainian war – on October 23, “their appearance was recorded in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.” According to GUR estimates, the number of North Korean troops transferred to Russia is now about 12,000, including 500 officers, including three Pyongyang generals.
On October 22, South Korea announced a possible review of support for Kyiv, in particular regarding the provision of lethal weapons and the deployment of personnel, depending on the situation in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, commenting on information about the transfer of North Korean troops to Russia, did not deny these data. But he recalled the strategic partnership agreement with North Korea, noting that Moscow “never doubted that the North Korean leadership takes our agreements seriously.”