North Korean troops in Ukraine – allies are concerned about the rapprochement between Pyongyang and Moscow – UNIAN
On Friday, NATO confirmed the deployment of soldiers sent by Pyongyang along with Russian forces near Kursk.
The allies have been officially condemning North Korea's entry into the war against Ukraine for several weeks. On Friday, November 8, the NATO North Atlantic Council “strongly condemned” the confirmed participation of North Korean troops in the war on the side of Russia in the Kursk region, writes Le Monde.
“The thousands of combat troops deployed by the DPRK represent a dangerous expansion of its ongoing support for Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine,” the alliance said in a statement, joined by NATO partners from Asia and Oceania: South Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Australia and Ukraine .
This collective statement appeared two days later…