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The DPRK may send troops to Ukraine to help Russia — Mass media

The head of the DPRK, Kim Jong-un. Photo: Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)

The DPRK may send its military personnel from the regular armed forces to Ukraine to support Russia. This statement was made by South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, Yonhap news agency reports.

"Since Russia and North Korea has signed a mutual agreement similar to a military alliance, the possibility of such a deployment is very likely,"the publication quotes the words of the head of the military department.

During the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to On June 18-19, the parties concluded a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement, the fourth article of which provides for military assistance if one of the parties is subjected to an armed attack by any State or several states and finds itself in a state of war.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed that this article reflects an "exclusively defensive position."

In turn, Russian President Vladimir Putin, answering the question of whether he allows involvement in The SMO of the military from the DPRK stated that Russia had "not asked anyone for such a thing" and there was "no need for it."

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20.11.2024

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