KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated on Sunday that defence relationships together with his nation’s companions must change in gentle of North Korean transfers of individuals in addition to weapons to Russian forces in Ukraine.
The Kremlin on Thursday dismissed South Korean assertions that North Korea could have despatched some navy personnel to assist Russia in opposition to Ukraine and is likely to be weighing an even bigger deployment.
“We see that the alliance between Russia and such regimes because the North Korean one is getting stronger,” Zelenskiy stated in his nightly video tackle. “This isn’t simply in regards to the switch of weapons, that is in actual fact in regards to the switch of individuals from North Korea to the armed forces of the occupiers.
“It’s apparent that underneath such circumstances our relationship with our companions must evolve,” he added. “The entrance line wants extra assist. We’re speaking about extra long-range capabilities for Ukraine and extra sustained provides for our forces moderately than a easy record of navy {hardware}.”
South Korea’s Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun stated on Tuesday that “there was a excessive chance” North Korea might deploy troops to assist Russia within the battle with Ukraine.
Kim additionally advised a parliamentary listening to that information studies of North Korean navy officers having been killed in a Ukrainian strike on territory managed by Russian forces have been seemingly true.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, requested on Thursday if North Korea was sending its troops to combat in Ukraine, advised reporters: “This seems like one other bit of pretend information.”
(Reporting and writing by Elaine Monaghan in Washington; Extra reporting by Bogdan Kochubey in Kyiv; Enhancing by David Holmes)
