North Korean soldiers are already being given Russian equipment
21 October 2024 15:06
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A video allegedly showing North Korean soldiers receiving military equipment in a Russian military unit is circulating online. The video was posted on Twitter by the Centre for Strategic Communications under the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, according to "Komersant Ukrainian"
“Recently received footage from Russia’s Sergeevskoye training ground, which shows North Korean troops dressing in Russian equipment in preparation for deployment to Ukraine,”
– reads the caption to the video.
As reported 
recently, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia had actually engaged the DPRK in a war with Ukraine. And the United States became concerned about information about DPRK troops in Ukraine.
After that, information about North Korean soldiers being trained to take part in hostilities against Ukrainians began to appear rapidly. According to the latest data, it is currently about 12,000 DPRK soldiers, most of whom are already in training and will be deployed to the front, according to the head of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, on 1 November.
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Cooperation between the DPRK and Russia
on 19 June 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin paid his first visit to North Korea in 24 years. During this visit, he signed an agreement on a “comprehensive strategic partnership” between the two countries with DPRK leader Kim Jong Un. After the signing, Putin noted that this agreement provides for assistance in case of aggression against one of the parties. Recently, the agreement was submitted for ratification in the Russian parliament. The agreement explicitly provides for military assistance:
"If one of the parties is subjected to an armed attack by any state or several states and is thus in a state of war, the other party shall immediately provide military and other assistance by all means at its disposal in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter and in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea."
After the visit, it became known that the DPRK supplies Russia with artillery shells, which it uses in the war against Ukraine. According to The Times, their number is already approaching 3 million, which is half of all the shells that Russia is firing against Ukraine.
The Kyiv Post, citing intelligence sources, reported that on 3 October, 6 North Korean officers who were advising the Russians were killed in Donbas.
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