North Korea deployed military engineers and troops in Ukraine to support Russia on the front, according to the British newspaper Tutor. This media cited sources and senior officials of Kyiv and Seoul, but the Kremlin called it a ‘hoax’ information on the sending of North Korean soldiers. The newspaper also claims that North Korean troops were fighting in Ukraine and that some of them died in Donetsk.
The director of The political roomYago Rodríguez, stressed this Friday in Al Rojo Vivo that there is no confirmation that they are fighting “on the front line”, but “near the front providing technical support on certain issues”. “This information came after a bombing of Donetsk, during which it was reported that several North Koreans had died because they were apparently visit the frontor that’s what was said,” he stressed.
However, he said that “it is normal that with so much equipment in North Korea, they have certain liaison officers“. Alberto Sicilia, LaSexta correspondent in Ukraine, expressed the same meaning, who assured that Ukrainian military sources had indicated to him that with the sending of “new ballistic missiles from North Korea many of these instructions are not simple and there must be North Korean army officers to support the troops. »
Meanwhile, in Russia this was described as “duck“information about sending North Korean soldiers to support Russian troops in the war. “This looks like a new hoax“, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a telephone press conference. It should be remembered, however, that South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun said this Tuesday that it is “very likely” that Pyongyang will send troops to support the Russian army taking into account the agreements it signed with Moscow.
In addition, Kim said that Ukrainian media reports on the death of North Korean soldiers near the city of Donetsk, capital of the region of the same name annexed by Russia, following a Ukrainian attack , could be true. Last week, the Kyiv Post newspaper published that last day 3 six soldiers North Koreans killed and three others injured by missile attack.
Seoul and Washington assure that since last year, Pyongyang is supply all types of weapons to Moscow intended for use in Ukraine, and open source intelligence organizations have located remnants of North Korean missiles and artillery used against Ukrainian interests.
