Russian navy ships moved 1,500 North Korean soldiers to Vladivostok, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service validated.
Published On 18 Oct 2024
North Korea has dispatched soldiers to assistance Russia’s war versus Ukraine, South Korea’s spy firm has stated.
The National Intelligence Service (NIS) validated in a declaration on Friday that Russian navy ships moved 1,500 North Korean unique operations forces to the Russian port city of Vladivostok from October 8 to October 13.
It stated more North Korean soldiers are anticipated to be sentout to Russia quickly. The advancement might draw a 3rd nation into the dispute and evenmore intensify stress inbetween North Korea and the West.
The NIS reported that North Korean soldiers sentout to Russia haveactually been supplied with Russian military uniforms, weapons and created recognition files. Currently stationed at military bases in Vladivostok and other areas such as Ussuriysk, Khabarovsk and Blagoveshchensk, they are anticipated to be released to fight zones when their training is total.
The spy firm published on its site satellite and other images revealing what it called Russian navy ship motions near a North Korean port and believed North Korean mass events in Ussuriysk and Khabarovsk in the past week.
At a news conference on Friday, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte stated he “could not yet validate North Korea is sendingout soldiers to Russia”.
South Korean media, pointingout the NIS, likewise reported that Pyongyang has chose to dispatch a overall of 12,000 soldiers in 4 brigades to Russia. The NIS did not instantly verify those reports.
‘Serious security danger’
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol assembled an emergencysituation security conference on Friday on the move, where it was acknowledged that the close military ties inbetween Russia and North Korea hadactually gone “beyond the transfer of military products”.
“The existing circumstance, in which the rapprochement inbetween Russia