North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un urged the country’s military to improve its capabilities wage a war in a speech last week. As reported by state media KCNAafter Pyongyang will send thousands of soldiers to Russia. The report comes amid international criticism of the rapid development of military cooperation between North Korea and Russia.
Kim made the speech Friday at a conference of battalion commanders and political instructors in Pyongyang, during which he called develop its political and military strength and the combat effectiveness to ensure that the armed forces can face a war.
Threats from the United States and its allies, including South Korea, and their military confrontation with North Korea have increased tensions. “the worst phase in history”he said, calling the Korean peninsula “the greatest point of conflict in the world”.
“He fervently called on all participants to do their utmost to achieve a substantial and fundamental improvement in their capabilities to fight in a real war“he declared KCNA.
Washington, Seoul and kyiv have said there are more than 10,000 North Korean troops in Russia supporting the war against Ukraine. Some of them also took part in the fighting in Kursk, near the border with Ukraine.
KCNA He said a workshop for military officers was held this weekend as part of the conference, the aim of which was to strengthen the battalions, increase their combat effectiveness and “carry out the war preparations as required by the current situation and modern warfare.”
In a separate report, Korean media reported that a Russian delegation led by the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology, Alexander Kozlovarrived in Pyongyang on Sunday for negotiations on trade and the economy.
Last week, Kim led a suicide drone test and ordered their mass production, citing intensifying competition for the adoption of such weapons around the world.
US President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba condemned North Korea and Russia’s decision to “dangerously expand” the war in Ukraine while holding a summit on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Peru.
The Biden administration authorized Ukraine to use US-made weapons to deeply attack Russiamarking a significant policy shift and response to Russia’s deployment of ground troops to North Korea.
