He South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) reported this Friday that at least 1,500 special forces soldiers The North Koreans train in the far east of Russia. As proof, South Korean intelligence, which had already alerted a few weeks ago of the presence of North Korean troops in Ukraine, published several satellite photographs showing troop movements.
“Troop movement has already begun“, indicated the NIS. This would be the first sending of North Korean soldiers outside the national territory since the Korean War, which ended in 1953 with an armistice. In other words, without definitive peace. At the same time, the South Korean agency reported that it is estimated that in total, Pyongyang “plans to send a total of 12,000 soldiers of four different brigades, including special forces, to the war in Ukraine.
At the same time, South Korean authorities said they had tracked for the first time to a senior missile development official in Pyongyang who traveled to the Russian front lines in August with dozens of other North Korean officers. they made a toastorientation on site” to Russian forces using North Korean weapons, the news agency said Yonhap.
This information comes just a few days later The head of Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR), Kirilo Budánov, claimed to have proof that approximately 11,000 North Korean soldiers receive training in eastern Russia to join Kremlin troops fighting Kyiv from November 1.
Everything indicates that this decision by Kim Jong-unreluctant throughout his regime to send troops abroad, is enshrined in the strategic cooperation treaty he signed last June with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. The agreement, which arouses fear within the international community due to the rapprochement between the two leaders, includes a mutual assistance clause in the event of an attack by one of the two countries.
In this sense, this situation could arise if Russia classifies the incursion carried out by Ukrainian forces into the Kursk region as an attack. For its part, Russia was called a “hoax” information, while the North Korean media (spokespersons for the regime) chose to remain silent.
