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And if there is nothing - and I think that the reaction to this is nothing, it has been zero - then the number of North Korean troops on our border will be increased,
I am surprised by China's silence. I am not saying that China is on our side, but it is one of the guarantors of security in your region, at least that's what we thought, ... and there is this silence now."
North Korea is now dragging your whole region into a war,
the Ukrainian leader said I think, Japan, South Korea - you are both strong countries - should reach out to China and have China as an ally in terms of what North Korea is doing now,
With the North Korean contingent, Putin is testing the reaction of the West, NATO countries and South Korea. And I believe that after all these reactions, Putin will increase the contingent,
The most important thing for us is POW swaps. Therefore, we are ready to exchange North Korean soldiers for Ukrainians,
Agreements are also being negotiated [between Pyongyang and Moscow] to send engineering troops and civilians to work at military plants in the Russian Federation,
We are still on the back foot, reacting to escalation instead of reversing it, ... Macron's ideas should now be revisited."
The problem with having a strategy of de-escalation is that if that is your stated strategy, you've already ceded every step on the escalation ladder to the enemy."
That they don't have dominance on the escalation ladder."
It would also send an important signal to Russia, she said Till now, we heard some reactions, but it is not strong enough,
We live in an age of US-led hesitancy within the Western world, which just keeps on failing us, which just keeps on increasing the level of danger to the security of the collective West,
So far, North Korean troops have not participated in battles. They are preparing to participate in battles (in Kursk).
In an interview with the Korean Broadcasting System, the national broadcaster of South Korea, Zelensky said The voice of the United States, the voice of NATO, the voice of Western partners, the voice of Global South and China, is not so loud as it has to be now about North Korean contingent on the territory of Russia,
Zelenskyy told reporters Wednesday at the Nordic Council summit in Reykjavík I had meetings with leaders, a lot of different leaders, and NATO and etcetera, and I said to them that this is very dangerous and I think that we need strong reaction on it,
Some countries say that’s crossing the red lines. If we give you permission, Russia will escalate things,
We discussed Ukraine's Victory Plan, the implementation of the Peace Formula, the frontlines, weapons, and North Korean soldiers whom Russia is preparing for war,
Andriy Yermak, Zelenskiy's chief of staff said on X after meeting Sullivan The Secretary reiterated the United States' enduring support for Ukraine's sovereignty amid its fight against Russia's brutal war of aggression and support for a just and lasting peace on the basis of the United Nations Charter,
according to the statement The numbers make this more than a symbolic effort, but the troops will likely be in support roles and constitute less than 1 percent of Russia’s forces,
the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) think tank said in a note Russia is desperate for additional manpower, and this is one element of Russia’s effort to fill the ranks without a second mobilisation,
it added, noting the presence could grow