Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense of the United States.
Seoul: US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin has claimed he has complete evidence that North Korea has sent troops to Russia. Austin said we have complete evidence that North Korea has sent its troops to Russia. Separately, South Korea’s intelligence chief told lawmakers that three thousand North Korean soldiers are in Russia, who are being trained in handling drones and other equipment before being deployed to Ukraine’s battlefields. ,
Separately, according to a video published by the Washington Post, Austin told reporters on Wednesday: “What are you guys really doing?” This remains to be seen. These are things we have 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. It will be affected South Korea’s 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 information. intelligence that 10,000 North Korean soldiers were being prepared to join the Russian army.
North Korea called the claims false
North Korea has called the claim that it will send its troops to Russia a false rumor. The United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) had not previously formally confirmed North Korea’s sending of troops, but warned of the danger of such a development. Russia and North Korea have so far denied military activities. South Korea’s intelligence chief Cho Tae-yong told lawmakers that about 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been sent to Russia to receive training in handling drones and other equipment before being sent to the battlefields against Ukraine. .
Cho Tae-yong, director of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), told 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 his country’s troops already there. Deputy Park Sunwon, who attended the meeting, gave this information.
Soldiers sent with the intention of waging war against Ukraine
Park quoted Cho as saying that the NIS had recently estimated that 1,500 troops had arrived in Russia in early October. These soldiers are said to be being sent to fight on behalf of Russia against Ukraine. According to Park, Cho also told lawmakers that his agency estimates North Korea aims to deploy 10,000 troops to Russia by December. Citing Cho, Park said the 3,000 North Korean soldiers sent to Russia have been divided and sent to various military bases where they are receiving training.
According to Park, Cho told lawmakers that the NIS believed they had not yet been deployed to combat. Lawmaker Lee Seong Kweun, who accompanied Park, said the NIS discovered that the Russian military is now teaching North Korean soldiers to use military equipment such as drones. (AP)
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