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I see this as a sign of desperation as well as a shocking escalation on North Korea's front,
International conflicts are now approaching very rapidly,
There is evidence of DPRK troops in Russia ... what exactly they're doing is left to be seen. "We're trying to gain better fidelity on it." ... It's a serious issue."
No drill or exercise can replicate real wartime experience and this could pay dividends in the event a future conflict plays out on the Korean Peninsula,
said Benjamin R. Young, a nuclear security fellow at Rand Corp We are waiting for the first units tomorrow in the Kursk direction,
North Korea is our close neighbor, our partner, and we are developing our relations in all areas. This is our sovereign right,
It appears that they disguised themselves as Russian soldiers to hide the fact that they were deployed to the battlefield,
The exact significance heavily depends on details we don't yet know. A small number of North Korean troops going to the front probably isn't a game changer for Russia, and a small symbolic shipment of South Korean arms isn't a game changer for Ukraine,
This should not worry anyone because this cooperation is not directed against third countries,
Peskov said in remarks reported by state media But it certainly reinforces the sense that the geopolitical dividing lines around the war are growing and hardening as we approach the war's third anniversary,
The Kremlin's apparent desire to assure South Korea that its cooperation with North Korea is not a threat to Seoul suggests that the Kremlin remains very concerned about the prospect of Seoul's potential pivot towards providing Ukraine with necessary military support, and the implications of worsened relations with Seoul for Russian security interests in the Asia Pacific region,
its analysts wrote on Monday The Ukraine war and its spillover to the Korean peninsula are taking a hard toll on the Seoul-Moscow relationship,
wrote analyst Ellen Kim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in February I think they sent the officers because their officers would understand what was going on first and then send the contingent. Because how to manage them, how to command them? I’m talking about language. I think these are serious difficulties,
the Ukrainian president said No one knows how our retaliation and revenge will be completed,
We would consider supplying weapons for defensive purposes as part of the step-by-step scenarios, and if it seems they are going too far, we might also consider offensive use,
the presidential official told reporters, signalling Seoul’s most proactive position towards arming Ukraine to date 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,
Dame Barbara Woodward, the permanent UK representative to the United Nations, said while speaking in New York I think it's because of money [the DPRK supports Russian policy – ed.]. I think North Korea is very poor. They will send their people to the front line to overcome poverty."
As for the DPRK. Russia is being so careful with this topic, I think, so that China does not react harshly. Moreover, the EU and the United States are also very cautious about this topic. Pay attention to this: they are very cautious. But we are sounding the alarm because we know that these are risks for us,
I think I saw this open signal from them,
In general, they support us. They have the appropriate, let's say, constitutional status. They are limited in some things. But, nevertheless, we are definitely working together and they are definitely helping,