North Korean troops will advance towards the Ukrainian front

SEOUL (EFE).- South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) indicated that some North Korean soldiers and high-ranking officers stationed in Russia may already have defected to the Ukrainian front.

The information, collected by South Korean Yonhap agency, comes after the Pentagon indicated a day earlier that Pyongyang had sent about 10,000 troops by train to eastern Russia.

North Korean troops are advancing towards Ukraine

“Military transfers between North Korea and Russia are ongoing and we are studying the possibility of some personnel, including senior military generals, moving to the front lines,” the NIS said.

According to this source, the Russian military is teaching hundreds of Russian words to the North Koreans and there may be “communication problems” between the two sides, although no further details have been provided.

“We believe that a key Russian security official involved in sending North Korean troops was aboard a special Russian government plane traveling between Moscow and Pyongyang on October 23 and 24,” the NIS said. sending army.

The NIS report comes after the Pentagon said Monday that North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops by train to eastern Russia and said they would “likely” reinforce Russian forces near Ukraine in the coming weeks.

Russia may use North Korean troops

Sabrina Singh, a deputy Pentagon spokeswoman, said: “A portion of those troops have already contacted Ukraine, and we are increasingly concerned that Russia may seek to use them in combat or in the Russian Kursk region near the Ukrainian border.” Wants to support combat operations against Ukrainian forces in the U.S.” Press said she didn’t know what kind of army they were.

North Korea and Russia are strengthening their military and other cooperation, and in June, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held a summit in Pyongyang. At this meeting they signed a new association treaty which included a mutual defense clause.

North Korean Foreign Minister Cho Son-hui traveled to Russia this Monday on an official visit, which, according to experts, could be a prelude to Kim’s own visit to Moscow.

The chancellor has already visited Russia in September and went to Moscow in January, where she met Putin.