North Korea could send personnel from its regular armed forces to Ukraine to support Russia. This statement was made by the Minister of Defense of South Korea, Kim Yong-hyun, reports the Yonhap agency.
“Since Russia and North Korea signed a mutual treaty similar to a military alliance, the possibility of such a deployment is very likely.” — the publication quotes the words of the head of the military department.
During the visit of the Russian president Vladimir Putin On June 18 and 19 in Pyongyang, the parties concluded the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty, the fourth article of which provides for military assistance if one of the parties is subjected to an armed attack by one or more states and is in a state of war.
Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergei Lavrov He emphasized that this article reflects “an exclusively defensive position.”
In turn, Russian President Vladimir Putin, responding to the question of whether he allows DPRK soldiers to participate in the Northern Military District, stated that Russia “did not ask anyone for this” and that “it was not necessary.”
