SEO – North Korean Troops in Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday (October 31) accused Western countries of having “zero reaction” to North Korea’s intervention in Russia’s war with Ukraine.

In an interview with South Korean broadcaster KBSZelensky appears to be testing the response of Russian President Vladimir Putin of the West, NATO and South Korea.

“And if there is nothing – and I think the response to this has been nothing, zero – then the number of North Korean troops on our border will be increased,” he warned.

South Korea has long claimed that North Korea, a nuclear-armed state, is supplying weapons to Russia and claims North Korean troops began mobilizing after Kim Jong Un signed a defense pact with Putin in June.

Zelensky also drew attention to China’s silence on this situation. “I’m not suggesting that China supports us,” he said, “but as a regional security guarantor, we expected China to speak out.”

He called on Japan and South Korea to use China as an ally against North Korea’s actions.

“I think Japan and South Korea (both of you are powerful countries) should reach out to China and see China as an ally based on what North Korea is doing right now,” he said.

“North Korea is now dragging your entire region into war,” the Ukrainian leader added.

The statement made by Zelensky’s office came while the USA and South Korea were holding talks after North Korea recently. launched a powerful missileshowing off his skills just days before key elections and increasing regional tensions.

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North Korea conducted a test flight of its intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Thursday morning local time, with a groundbreaking flight time of 87 minutes.

The Japanese government said the missile flew in a nearly vertical “high orbit”, reaching an altitude of 7,000 km (4,349 mi) and traveling 1,000 km (621 mi). Al Jazeera. It is unclear whether the last missile was nuclear-capable.

“The flight duration was the longest ever. “It’s probably the newest missile ever,” said Japanese Defense Minister General Nakatani, adding that the missile crashed in waters about 300 km (190 miles) west of Japan’s Okushiri Island.

South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) spokesman Lee Sung-joon said it could be a “new type of solid-fuel long-range ballistic missile” launched from a Pyongyang mobile launcher. announced for the first time In September.