{"id":24939,"date":"2024-10-22T06:14:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T06:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=24939"},"modified":"2024-10-22T06:45:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T06:45:14","slug":"nato-warns-against-north-korean-troops-fighitng-for-russia-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2024\/10\/nato-warns-against-north-korean-troops-fighitng-for-russia-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO warns against North Korean troops fighitng for Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

MONITORING (SW) – If North Korea were to send troops to Ukraine to fight on Russia’s behalf it would significantly escalate the conflict, NATO Chief Mark Rutte has said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rutte, who took office at NATO at the start of the month, said he had a discussion with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol about the alliance\u2019s close partnership with Seoul, focusing on defense industrial cooperation and the interconnected security of the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions, reported Reuters.<\/div>\n
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said last week that\u00a0North Korea\u00a0was preparing to send 10,000 soldiers to help Moscow’s war effort, and that some North Korean officers were already deployed on Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory.<\/div>\n
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The West has long accused North Korea of supplying weapons to Russia. Rutte and the Pentagon both said last week that they have\u00a0found no evidence yet\u00a0of a North Korean military presence on the ground in Ukraine.<\/div>\n
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South Korea on Friday claimed that the North had sent 1,500 soldiers to Russia aboard navy ships on Oct. 8-13, to support Moscow’s ongoing war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Pyongyang is planning to send around 10,000 troops to Russia, the National Intelligence Service said, according to the Yonhap News.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also claimed that Russia was preparing to deploy 10,000 North Korean soldiers in the fight against Kyiv.<\/p>\n

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