NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has confirmed the participation of North Korean troops in Russia’s war against Ukraine. They have been deployed in the Kursk region of Russia.
Rutte said this at a special briefing in Brussels, Babel reports.
Today I can confirm that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia and that DPRK army units are involved in the Kursk region, – the NATO Secretary General said.
Rutte called it an escalation of the war in Ukraine and another violation of UN Security Council resolutions. Therefore, he calls on Russia and the DPRK to immediately stop these actions and emphasizes that their increased cooperation is a threat to both Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic security.
Pyongyang has already supplied Russia with millions of munitions and ballistic missiles that are fueling a major conflict in the center of Europe and undermining global peace and security. In return, Putin provides North Korea with military technology and other support in circumvention of international sanctions, – Rutte said.
At the same time, the NATO Secretary General called the deployment of North Korean troops in the Kursk region a sign of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “desperation” as more than 600,000 Russian troops were killed and wounded in the war in Ukraine. Against this backdrop, he called on NATO allies to increase their support for Ukraine.
