North Korea placed its military in Ukraine, along with Russian - The Guardian
About it writes The Guardian with reference to Ukrainian sources. High -ranking officials of Kyiv and Seoul were reported by the killed people from the Korean Peninsula. Dozens of North Koreans are in Russian positions as launchers for KN-23 missiles, Guardian notes. Last year, North Korean, Kim Jong -in, was in the Russian Federation at a summit with Vladimir Putin, where they concluded a secret armed agreement on ammunition supply.
Last week, the North Koreans were killed after a Ukrainian rocket strike on the occupied Russian territory near Donetsk. It is unknown for sure whether it was military engineers or other forces. Foreigners participated in the battles in Ukraine as mercenaries before, but this may be the first case when a foreign government sends its own forces to support the occupation group of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
This week, South Korean Defense Minister Kimen Hen Hen reported to deputies in Seoul that it was "quite probable" that North Korean officers were sent to fight with the Russians, and that several people were killed, although additional details were not reported. Andriy Kovalenko, the head of the NSDC, have reported the fact that among the fallen invaders in Ukraine.
Introduction to North Korea's war in Ukraine provides an opportunity to test nuclear weapons and give the troops combat experience, journalists say. "For North Korea, which has set up many shells and missiles, it is extremely important to learn how to deal with different weapons and gain real combat experience," AFP Lim Il-Chul said in a comment to AFP AFP, a professor of the Far Eastern Research Institute in Seoul.