NORTH KOREA INVADES UKRAINE AS BRITAIN SAYS UKRAINE IS ABOUT TO FALL – Reports of North Korean soldiers in Ukraine have been increasing, and now Kyiv is claiming 10,000 troops have joined Russia’s fight against Ukraine. South Korea is demanding North Korea withdraw their troops immediately. Britain claims Ukraine is about to fall, though rumors of both nation’s immanent collapse have been frequent throughout the course of the war.
North Korea has sent 10,000 soldiers to Russia, Western source says – kyivindependent.com
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North Korea has sent 10,000 soldiers to Russia to boost its war efforts against Ukraine, a Western diplomat familiar with the matter told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. 15.
Concerns over the deepening military ties between Moscow and Pyongyang have escalated dramatically this week.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Oct. 13 that Russia’s plans for supporting its full-scale invasion of Ukraine would this autumn include “the actual involvement of North Korea in the war.”
The Western diplomat told the Kyiv Independent that it’s unclear what kind of soldiers they are or what their roles were. The Kyiv Independent contacted Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry but did not receive a reply at the time of publication. Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) declined to comment.
As Russia and North Korea deepen military ties, Western diplomats and experts stress that it shows Moscow’s increasing need for resources to continue waging its costly war in Ukraine.
“It’s a clear indicator how far Russia and its military have fallen over the last 2.5 years that it’s having to beg, borrow and buy support from North Korea,” John Foreman CBE, the U.K.’s former defense attache in Moscow from 2019 to 2022, told the Kyiv Independent.
Seoul demands ‘immediate withdrawal’ of North Korean troops in Russia– www.channelnewsasia.com
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South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador on Monday (Oct 21) to criticise Pyongyang’s decision to send thousands of soldiers to support Moscow’s war in Ukraine, the foreign ministry said, calling for their immediate withdrawal.
In Pyongyang’s first such deployment overseas, about 1,500 North Korean special forces soldiers are already in Russia acclimatising and likely to head to the front lines after, Seoul’s spy agency said Friday, with additional troops set to depart soon.
South Korea has long claimed the nuclear-armed North is supplying Russia with weapons for use in Ukraine, while leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a military deal in June.
Seoul expressed its “grave concerns regarding North Korea’s recent dispatch of troops to Russia and strongly urged the immediate withdrawal of North Korean forces”, vice foreign minister Kim Hong-kyun told Russian ambassador Georgiy Zinoviev.
US sanctions China amid reports North Korea could enter Ukraine-Russia war– www.army-technology.com
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Recent developments in the Ukraine-Russia war point to the disturbing possibility that it is nearing a new escalatory phase, as allies of the two sides are further drawn into the consequences for their support.
A series of distinctive, yet connected, events in the Ukraine war point towards the potential for a further ratcheting up of tensions and the real prospect that third-party state forces could become embroiled in combat operations following reports that North Korean forces could join their Russian ally in Ukraine.
UK to boost Nato’s eastern flank, integrate missile capabilities– www.army-technology.com
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The defence ministers of UK and Estonia have signed a new defence roadmap to enhance Nato’s eastern flank over the next two years.
This joint declaration, signed at a Nato Defence Ministers meeting in Brussels, commits 1,000 of troops from the British Army’s 4th Brigade to high readiness, supplementing forces already in Estonia.
During the meeting, UK Defence Secretary John Healey signed the new roadmap with his Estonian counterpart Hanno Pevkur.
The joint declaration aims to fortify the existing defence partnership between the nations, presenting a united front against Russian aggression.
Healey said: “As global threats increase, the UK’s unshakeable commitment to NATO has never been more important.
Lukashenko demands participation of Belarus in talks on Ukraine – unn.ua
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President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that representatives of Minsk should be involved in negotiations on a peaceful settlement of the war in Ukraine. A video fragment of his speech was published by Pul First, a media outlet close to the president’s press service, UNN reports .
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Lukashenko says that the “Ukrainian crisis” is also a problem for Belarus, so he does not want this issue to be resolved without Minsk.
I have always insisted, and I tell Ukrainians and Russians about it, that Putin should be present at the negotiations on Ukraine. Why? Because this is our problem. I don’t want our issues to be resolved there without us
