South Korea may soon deploy military intelligence personnel in Ukraine to keep an eye on North Korean troops claimed to be defending Russia, the Yonhap news agencyreported Tuesday, citing an anonymous federal government source.Seouls spy company said Friday that Pyongyang sent out a massive troop release to combat in Moscows war versus Ukraine, declaring that 1,500 North Korean special forces were currently undergoing training in Russias Far East before they were anticipated to be sent to the front lines.A North Korean agent at the United Nations later dismissed the Souths claims as a groundless rumor.
Russia has actually not confirmed the troop release however safeguarded its military cooperation with Pyongyang as not directed versus the interests of South Koreas security after Seoul summoned the Russian ambassador there.There is a possibility that personnel will be sent to Ukraine to keep an eye on the techniques and combat abilities of North Korean unique forces dispatched in assistance of Russia, Yonhap quoted a federal government source in Seoul as saying.The workers would apparently be recruited from the South Korean militarys intelligence systems to examine North Korean battleground strategies and assist question any North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine.Authorities in Seoul are likewise thinking about whether to include protective and, eventually, lethal weapons materials to its present logistics and humanitarian help to Ukraine, according to Yonhaps source.South Korea highly condemned Pyongyang on Tuesday, urging its soldiers to be instantly withdrawn andwarning of phased countermeasures in coordination with the global community.The South Korean Defense Ministry stated previously that Moscow might be providing monetary support or innovative innovations to North Korea in exchange for troop support.Washington and its allies have actually currently voiced issue about North Korea supplying weapons to Russia, which got into Ukraine in February 2022.
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Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood stated South Koreas reports of North Korean strategies to send out soldiers to Ukraine would mark an unsafe and highly worrying action in Russian-North Korean military ties.Yonhap also reported Tuesday that a pro-war Telegram accountposted an image showing the Russian and North Korean flags waving side by side on a Ukrainian battlefield.AFP contributed reporting.