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North Korea has shipped 1,500 special forces troops to Russia's far east for training and acclimatizing at local military bases and will likely be deployed for combat in the war in Ukraine, South Korea's spy agency said on Friday.
South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) also said it had been working with Ukrainian intelligence service and had used facial recognition artificial intelligence technology to identify North Korean officers in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region supporting Russian forces firing North Korean missiles.
In more than 13,000 containers, North Korea has shipped artillery rounds, ballistic missiles and anti-tank rockets to Russia since August last year, the agency said, based on the remnants of weapons recovered from the battle front in Ukraine.
In all, more than eight million artillery and rocket rounds have been shipped to Russia, it said.
"The direct military cooperation between Russia and North Korea that has been reported by foreign media has now been officially confirmed," the spy agency said in a statement.

Earlier, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol called an unscheduled security meeting with key intelligence, military and national security officials to discuss North Korean troops' involvement in Russia's war against Ukraine, Yoon's office said.
"The participants ... shared the view that the current situation where Russia and North Korea's closer ties have gone beyond the movement of military supplies to actual dispatch of troops is a grave security threat not only to our country but to the international community," it said.

Yoon's office said South Korea, together with its allies, has been closely tracking North Korea's troop dispatch to Russia from the initial stages.
South Korea will respond to the North's activities with all available means, it added, without elaborating on what actions it might take.
South Korea, which has emerged as a major global arms exporter, selling fighter jets, mechanized howitzers and missiles, has come under pressure from some Western allies including Washington to help arm Ukraine with lethal weapons but has stopped short of openly doing so.

Vessels belonging to Russia's Pacific Fleet were detected moving about 1,500 North Korean special forces troops to Vladivostok from Oct. 8 to 13 and are expected to resume the shipment of troops soon, the NIS said.

The troops have been supplied with Russian military uniforms and weapons as well as fake identification documents for when they are deployed for combat, the NIS added.
The agency said it used facial recognition AI to identify with a high degree of accuracy technical military officers from the North Korean military in Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine where they are supporting Russia's missile offensive and helping with technical glitches.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused North Korea on Thursday of deploying officers alongside Russia and preparing to send 10,000 soldiers to help Moscow's war effort, although NATO's chief Mark Rutte said there was no evidence of Pyongyang's presence at this stage.

Since their leaders' summit in the Russian far east last year, North Korea and Russia have dramatically upgraded their military ties and they met again in June to sign a comprehensive strategic partnership that includes a mutual defence pact.
Russia and North Korea both deny they have engaged in arms transfers. The Kremlin has also dismissed South Korean assertions that North Korea may have sent some military personnel to help Russia against Ukraine.
North Korea has 1.28 million active duty troops, according to South Korea's latest data, and has stepped up its development of a series of ballistic missiles and a nuclear arsenal, fuelling regional tension and drawing international sanctions.

Deploying troops to Russia, if confirmed, would be its first major involvement in a war since the 1950-53 Korean War.

North Korea reportedly sent a much smaller contingent to the Vietnam War and to the civil conflict in Syria.

Botragelad:
This particular situation has been causing quite a stir for days now, and I reckon we'll soon see North Korean troops actively engaging against Ukraine.

It seems there's some sort of pact between Putin and Kim, which will lead to more North Koreans lifes being lost that could have been spent on something meaningful back home, rather than being treated as mere cannon fodder.
Slava Ukraine🇺🇦!

lecowas:
Russia is overrated. Putin should count his losses, swallow his pride and call off the war. How I wish Trump will not help him save face when he's reelected

nnatobryno:
You watch too much western news - CNN, bcc, aljazera etc.
Russia is in a proxy war with NATO and has been winning territory upon territory.

Don't sound so naive and don't allow the west deceive you

nnatobryno:
Fear Putin, respect Russia.
Russia is a super power just like USA

shoodboi2:
Another dumb post from our in-house circus chief and baby zionist who thinks posting enough anti-black and anti-Russian news makes him a white man.

Botragelad:
Nasrallah, haniyeh, yahya Sinwar are all dead. Died running around tunnels, hiding behind civilians. Hunted down and pleaded under the rubble for mercy.

Your opinion doesn't matter, neither does your tears. Cry! 😂

lecowas:
No one is saying Russia is not a super power, but she is overrated and comparing Russia to the U. S is completely laughable. Russia and Putin are both overrated.

shoodboi2:
What's wrong? You appear pained. What about the prisoners? They are all back in Israel, aren't they?

The same Yahya Sinwar you claimed is hiding behind hostages and using them as human shields turned out to be the same man actively fighting on the battlefield, side by side with his men.

Meanwhile our Nethanyahu runs into bunkers everytime Hamas and Hezbollah sends rockets and missiles into Israel.

And talking of Nethanyahu, he appears to have cooled down a bit after Iran sent some ballistic missiles his way. He's suddenly no longer bombing Iranian embassies anymore. What's wrong? Is he afraid of more missiles? 😂😂😂

Botragelad:
Source;
https://www.reuters.com/world/south-korea-says-north-korea-troop-dispatch-russia-is-grave-security-threat-2024-10-18/

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shoodboi2:
The same US that the Taliban chased out of Afghanistan is the one that is rated?

US was defeated by Taliban fighters wearing bathroom slippers while Russia is winning against an army that is armed and trained by NATO.

Yet, somehow, it is Russia that is overrated.

Olatunji1929:
another fake news 🤦‍♂️

Botragelad:
Netanyahu is still alive. The whole of Gaza is almost in ruins, flattened. There will probably never be a Palestine, no more Hamas, hezbollah. What did they achieve? Nada. Just destruction.

Sinwar is dead, Hamas is on its knees. Israel will do whatever fit with the whole space. Rant as much as you want, ends here. 😉

shoodboi2:
Hamas is on its knees yet the IDF says Israeli civilians are tired of running into shelters anytime Hamas or Hezbollah fires rockets into Israel. Tell me another joke 🤣🤣🤣

lecowas:
Russia is overrated. Putin should count his losses, swallow his pride and call off the war. How I wish Trump will not help him save face when he's reelected

Botragelad:
And you watch too much Russia propaganda, correct?

Don't sound this way and don't allow Russia propaganda deceive you. Emancipate yourself from Kremlin propaganda!