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North Korea pledges support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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North Korea pledges support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

north korea Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui told the Russian press that the Religious Leader Kim Jong Un The regime will be on its side Russia throughout the occupation Ukrainian.

In a conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Friday, Choe vowed that the North Korean people “will always stand firmly with our Russian comrades until the day of victory.” Moscow Times.

South Korea, the United States, the United Nations and Ukraine confirmed intelligence reports that approximately 8,000 Korean People’s Army personnel were preparing to move to the Kursk region, currently occupied by the Ukrainian army.

North Korea pledges support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
In this photo published by the Russian Foreign Ministry press service on November 1, 2024, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (right) and North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui (left) attend the unveiling ceremony of a plaque commemorating Kim Il Sung’s 1949 visit. From Yaroslavsky railway terminal in Moscow to the USSR. (Press Service of the Russian Foreign Ministry via AP)

Choe and Lavrov refrained from explicitly addressing reports of North Korean troops being mobilized.

“We have no doubt that under the wise leadership of the honorable Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Russian army and people will definitely achieve a great victory in their sacred struggle to defend the sovereign rights and security of their state,” Choe said. to translation.

Lavrov thanked Choe and expressed gratitude of Russia “Korean friends” “for maintaining a principled position regarding the events unfolding in Ukraine.”

US Secretary of State Antony Blinking and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin joined their South Korean counterparts for a conference in Washington on Thursday to address concerns about the Korean People’s Army’s involvement in the conflict.

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, fighters are seen at the training base of special operations units of the Korean People’s Army in the western region of North Korea on October 2, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the incident. The incident depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. The Korean watermark on the image provided by the source reads “KCNA,” which stands for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Officials warned the group that North Korean soldiers risked becoming “legitimate military targets” but offered no indication of how or whether the United States and South Korea would take direct action.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky He warns his country’s Western allies that there is a lack of adequate response to the unprecedented military cooperation between Russia and the North Korean regime.

In an interview with South Korean channel KBS on Thursday, Zelensky warned that Russia was using the North Korean military presence near Kursk to test the response of NATO and other international alliances.

In this photo provided by the Press Office of the President of Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks with Ukrainian journalists in Kiev, Ukraine, on October 21, 2024. (Press Office of the President of Ukraine, via AP)

“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 said.