SEOUL: North Korea's decision to deploy thousands of soldiers to Ukraine's front lines cements Pyongyang's contentious military alliance with Moscow, experts told AFP, and pulls Rus
Russia n President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea 's leader Kim Jong Un exchange documents during a signing ceremony of the new partnership in Pyongyang, North Korea , on Jun 19, 2024. About 1,500 North Korea n special forces soldiers are already in Russia acclimatising, likely to head to the front lines soon, Seoul's spy agency said on Friday , with thousands more troops set to depart imminently, Pyongyang's first such deployment overseas.
The fact that North Korean soldiers will fight alongside Russia in Ukraine proves how"solid" the Putin-Kim deal really is, Hong said. The South is protected by the so-called US nuclear umbrella, and Seoul and Washington routinely conduct large-scale joint military drills, which infuriate Pyongyang. In the footage, one of the soldiers appeared to say"move over" to his colleagues with a North Korean accent.
It could also be a bid by Kim to enhance his international stature and negotiating position ahead of the US elections next month, Lee Sang-min, a researcher at Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, told AFP.
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