Seoul: US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin has claimed that he has complete proof of North Korea sending troops to Russia. Austin said that we have full evidence that North Korea has sent its troops to Russia. On the other hand, South Korea's intelligence chief told lawmakers that three thousand North Korean soldiers are in Russia, who are being trained in operating drones and other equipment before being deployed in the battlefields of Ukraine. ,
Apart from this, according to a video posted by the Washington Post newspaper, Austin told reporters on Wednesday, “What are they really doing?” This remains to be seen. These are things that we need to resolve.” He said that if North Korean troops were involved in the Ukraine war on behalf of Russia, it would be “a very serious issue” and would have implications for Europe and the Indo-Pacific region. Will be affected. The South Korean intelligence agency was the first to make public the report that the Russian Navy had transported 1,500 North Korean special forces to Russia last week. While Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said his government had intelligence that 10,000 North Korean soldiers were being prepared to join the Russian army.
North Korea called the claims false
North Korea has termed the claim of sending its troops to Russia as a false rumor. The US and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) had not previously formally confirmed the sending of troops by North Korea, but have warned of the danger of such a development. Russia and North Korea have so far denied military activities. South Korean intelligence chief Cho Tae-yong told lawmakers that about 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been sent to Russia to receive training in operating drones and other equipment before being deployed to battlefields against Ukraine.
Cho Tae-yong, director of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), said at a parliamentary committee meeting that 1,500 more North Korean soldiers have been sent to Russia and will receive training along with 1,500 of their country's troops already there. MP Park Sunwon, who attended the meeting, gave this information.
Soldiers sent with the intention of fighting a war against Ukraine
According to Park, Cho told lawmakers that the NIS believed they had not yet been deployed in combat. Lawmaker Lee Seong Kweun, who was accompanying Park, said the NIS found that the Russian military is now teaching North Korean soldiers to use military equipment such as drones. (AP)
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