North Korea Confirms It Sent Fighters To Ukraine As Putin Publicly Thanks Them

[Craig Nigrelli]

North Korea now confirms what nan United States had believed for months, that it sent troops to Ukraine, to conflict alongside nan Russians. Furthermore, Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked North Korea for its help.
The U.S., Ukraine and South Korean intelligence agencies had said that North Korea supplied betwixt 10,000 and 12,000 troops to Russia. Up until now, location had been nary confirmation.
According to nan AP, North Korea’s Central Military Commission of nan ruling Workers’ Party said leader Kim Jong Un sent nan troops, nether a communal defense pact and that their orders were to “annihilate and swipe retired Ukrainian neo-Nazi occupiers and liberate nan Kursk area successful practice pinch Russian equipped forces.” He called them heroes.
In a station connected nan Kremelin website, Putin praised nan North Koreans who “shoulder to enarthrosis pinch Russian fighters, defended our Motherland arsenic their own. “ He excessively called them heroes.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had estimated nan number of North Korean troops killed aliases wounded successful Ukraine astatine 4000. While, nan United States estimates were little astatine astir 1200.
The North Korean engagement would beryllium their first information successful a awesome equipped conflict since nan Korean War successful nan early 1950s.
In summation to nan troops, nan AP reports North Korea has been supplying a immense number of weapons to Russia that mightiness beryllium reciprocated by Russia sending subject and economical assistance to nan North.
An expert for nan Korea Research Institute for National Strategy successful South Korea said North Korea is not expected to propulsion its troops retired of Russia anytime soon arsenic nan warfare pinch Ukraine is still ongoing.
South Korea has now called for North Korea to retreat its troops immediately, calling their engagement a sedate provocation to world security.
The Trump management has been trying to agent a bid woody betwixt Ukraine and Russia.
President Trump said connected Sunday he hopes to scope an statement successful 2 weeks aliases little to extremity nan fighting, though he said he is amazed and disappointed that Russia has continued bombing cities successful Ukraine arsenic bid talks person been ongoing.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio called this a captious week ahead.