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Russia and North Korea's Alleged Pact Triggers Tensions as South Korea Considers Arming Ukraine
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South Korea is considering directly supplying weapons to Ukraine in response to North Korea allegedly shipping troops to Russia. South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador and pledged to counter military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, viewing it as an international threat.
Putin is clearly desperate. His desperation is a danger to us all.
It seems that the harder Putin finds it to recruit Russians to be cannon fodder, the more willing he is to rely on the DPRK [North Korea] in his illegal war.
We have seen reports the DPRK has sent forces and is preparing to send additional soldiers to Ukraine to fight alongside Russia.
If true, this marks a dangerous and highly concerning development and an obvious deepening of the DPRK-Russia military relationship.
The North Korean leadership has shown itself to be quite unpredictable and very worrisome in terms of what they might do with any more advanced technology.
If there are soldiers, the only reason they are likely to be special operations soldiers is that North Korea can't risk sending conscripts as they don't trust conscripts; their priority would be to defect or disappear.
This establishes a framework where Russia's intervention or military support will automatically occur if North Korea is attacked or faces a crisis.
There are so many upsides that North Korea can accrue by sending troops to the battlefield between Ukraine and Russia.
North Korean troops will gain precious experience of the real battleground experience, and real opportunity to test their own weapon systems, which will help further advancement of those weapons systems, which can be used against South Korea in near future.
South Korea's interest is to keep its strategic cards, not just one strategic card in retaliation, but multiple strategic cards, close to its chest.
Newly obtained footage from Russia's Sergievsky Training Ground showing North Korean troops being outfitted in Russian gear in preparation for deployment to Ukraine.
Russia has offered the kind of political support to Pyongyang that previously was seen only in Beijing, and emboldens the North [of Korea]. It may also be providing missile technology and possibly submarine technology.
Russia-North Korea Ties
- North Korea confirms troop deployment to Russia, hails fighters in Ukraine conflict
- South Korea says North Korea is sending more troops to Russia
- Zelenskyy says North Korean troops back on Russia front line
sources
- 1.The Guardian
- 2.The Times of India
- 3.The New York Times
- 4.France 24
- 5.ABC News (Australia)
- 6.Al Jazeera
- 7.CTV News
- 8.Agence France-Presse
- 9.Associated Press
- 10.Reuters
- 11.Times
perspectives
- 1.Russian Foreign Policy
- 2.Russia-Ukraine War
- 3.Chinese Foreign Policy
- 4.Ukrainian Politics
- 5.Russia-North Korea Relations
- 6.North-South Korea Conflict
- 7.South Korea Foreign Policy
- 8.North Korea Nuclear Posture
countries
- 1.China
- 2.Egypt
- 3.France
- 4.Israel
- 5.Iran, Islamic Republic of
- 6.Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- 7.Korea, Republic of
- 8.Russian Federation
- 9.Ukraine
- 10.United States
- 11.Viet Nam
organizations
- 1.Kremlin
- 2.North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- 3.UN Security Council
- 4.Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security
- 5.International Monetary Fund
- 6.Storm Corps
- 7.United Nations
- 8.Aberystwyth University
- 9.Astra
- 10.Center for a New American Security
- 11.House of Representatives
- 12.Korea Institute for National Unification
persons
- 1.Volodymyr Zelenskiy
- 2.Kim Jong-Un
- 3.Vladimir Putin
- 4.Yoon Suk-Yeol
- 5.Bong Young-Shik
- 6.Lloyd Austin
- 7.Mark Rutte
- 8.Robert Wood
- 9.Andriy Sybiha
- 10.Barbara Woodward
- 11.Choe Sang-Hun
- 12.Hazel Smith