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The Russians are going to appreciate some of the backfilling and assistance,
said Frank Ledwidge, a former British military intelligence officer and senior lecturer in war studies at England’s University of Portsmouth They’re not going to break up the Koreans and stuff them into Russian units,
This is a challenge, but we know how to respond to this challenge. It is important that partners do not hide from this challenge as well,
he said in his nightly video address It will help them in securing and reinforcing their lines of supply for artillery mainly because North Korea is an artillery power,
South Korea says one thing, then the Pentagon says they have no confirmation of such statements,
he told reporters on Monday, before Austin’s comments What exactly they're doing is left to be seen, ... We're trying to gain better fidelity on it." ... It'
Austin said, adding ... he said There are no North Korean soldiers, yet,
North Korea gets to bring back home some combat experience,
What we’ll see is Korean units acting together as Korean formations. The Korean ones will be in liaison with the Russians, and they will get their orders back and forth,
Russian instructors participating in military training have assessed that while the North Korean soldiers display excellent physical stamina and morale, they lack sufficient understanding of modern warfare tactics, especially drone-based attacks,
There is evidence that there are DPRK troops in Russia,
Austin told reporters in Rome, using North Korea's formal name - the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Should reports be true on North Korean soldiers in Ukraine and should North Korea now be supporting the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine with troops, this would be serious and in violation of international law,
the foreign office posted on social media platform X 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