ZELENSKIY SAYS NORTH KOREANS FIGHTING WITH RUSSIANS IN UKRAINE KREMLIN CALLS IT “FAKE NEWS”

Mon 14 October 2024:

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated on Sunday that due to North Korea’s arms and people transfers to Russian forces in Ukraine, his country’s defense ties with its allies would need to change.

On Thursday, the South Korean claims that North Korea might have sent some military forces to support Russia against Ukraine and possibly be considering a larger deployment were rejected by the Kremlin.

“We see that the alliance between Russia and such regimes as the North Korean one is getting stronger,” Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address. “This is not just about the transfer of weapons, this is in fact about the transfer of people from North Korea to the armed forces of the occupiers.

“It is obvious that under such conditions our relationship with our partners needs to evolve,” he added. “The front line needs more support. We are talking about more long-range capabilities for Ukraine and more sustained supplies for our forces rather than a simple list of military hardware.”

South Korea’s Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun said on Tuesday that “there was a high possibility” North Korea could deploy troops to help Russia in the war with Ukraine.

Kim also told a parliamentary hearing that news reports of North Korean military officers having been killed in a Ukrainian strike on territory controlled by Russian forces were likely true.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, asked on Thursday if North Korea was sending its troops to fight in Ukraine, told reporters: “This looks like another bit of fake news.”

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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