The chairman of the DPRK, Kim Jong-un, during an appeal to the military, stated the need to prepare for war, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reports.
"(Kim Jong-un) has put forward before our armed forces of various instances a fighting slogan about making every effort to improve preparations for war, based on the dictates of the revolution and the current situation," the report says.
This is due to the threat, in particular, from the United States and South Korea, which, according to Kim Jong-un, "created the most tense situation in history on the The Korean Peninsula."
The North Korean leader said that the United States and the West are increasing tension in other parts of the world. In particular, they are waging a "war against Russia", using Ukraine as a "strike force". Pyongyang should consider this conflict as "a war aimed at increasing the practical experience of war and expanding the scale of military intervention to the whole world," he said.
The US authorities reported earlier that more than 10 thousand North Korean soldiers arrived in the east of Russia, most of whom were then transferred to the Kursk region. Moscow and Pyongyang has not officially confirmed the data on the transfer of troops.
Washington promised to respond to what is happening with a "coordinated set of political decisions." The adviser to the American president on national security, Jake Sullivan, said then that the United States would discuss taking measures with Japan and South Korea, RBC reminds.