SEOUL — North Korea has shipped 1,500 particular forces troops to Russia’s a long way east for coaching and acclimatizing at native army bases and can be deployed for fight within the struggle in Ukraine, South Korea’s undercover agent company stated on Friday.South Korea’s Nationwide Intelligence Carrier (NIS) additionally stated it were running with Ukrainian intelligence provider and had used facial reputation synthetic intelligence generation to spot North Korean officials in jap Ukraine’s Donetsk area supporting Russian forces firing North Korean missiles.In additional than 13,000 bins, North Korea has shipped artillery rounds, ballistic missiles and anti-tank rockets to Russia since August ultimate yr, the company stated, in keeping with the remnants of guns recovered from the fight entrance in Ukraine.In all, greater than 8 million artillery and rocket rounds were shipped to Russia, it stated.“The direct army cooperation between Russia and North Korea that has been reported by means of international media has now been formally showed,” the undercover agent company stated in a remark.Previous, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol referred to as an unscheduled safety assembly with key intelligence, army and nationwide safety officers to speak about North Korean troops’ involvement in Russia’s struggle towards Ukraine, Yoon’s workplace stated.“The contributors … shared the view that the present scenario the place Russia and North Korea’s nearer ties have long past past the motion of army provides to exact dispatch of troops is a grave safety risk now not best to our nation however to the global group,” it stated.Yoon’s workplace stated South Korea, in conjunction with its allies, has been intently monitoring North Korea’s troop dispatch to Russia from the preliminary levels.South Korea will reply to the North’s actions with all to be had method, it added, with out elaborating on what movements it will take.South Korea, which has emerged as a big international hands exporter, promoting fighter jets, mechanized howitzers and missiles, has come beneath drive from some Western allies together with Washington to lend a hand arm Ukraine with deadly guns however has stopped in need of overtly doing so.
