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2024-06-28 China-Japan-Koreas

Troops in Ukraine. How else can the DPRK help Russia?

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[Korrespondent] Should we expect North Korean soldiers in Ukraine?

North Korea may send military construction and engineering forces to participate in "reconstruction work" in the occupied Donetsk region.

North Korea is almost Russia’s main ally in the war against Ukraine. During a recent meeting between two dictators, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un, they signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement, seeking to expand economic and military cooperation. North Korea has been supplying the Kremlin with weapons for the war against Ukraine for a long time, but now it can also help with soldiers?

ENGINEERING TROOPS
North Korea will send military construction and engineering forces to participate in “reconstruction work” in the occupied Donetsk region as early as July this year, South Korean TV channel TV Chosun reports, citing a South Korean official.

Thus, South Korea expects the dispatch of large engineering forces from North Korea to the occupied Donetsk region as early as July. These forces will have to help restore the infrastructure in occupied Donetsk.

The North Korean military has 10 engineering brigades, and Chosun TV has estimated that North Korea could receive up to $115 million annually from Russia if it sends three or four engineering brigades to occupied Ukraine.

HOW WILL THIS HELP RUSSIA?
The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) states that they have not yet seen any signs or evidence that North Korean military personnel are preparing to take part in hostilities in Ukraine. However, as experts emphasize, direct engineering support from North Korea in the occupied territories can free up Russian army forces for operations along the front line, in particular, help Russia expand military infrastructure and defensive fortifications in the occupied part of Ukraine.

REACTION
Advisor to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak reacted sharply to information that North Korea may send military construction and engineering forces to the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk Oblast.

He noted that the DPRK “calmly emerged from global sanctions” and is actively engaged in military cooperation with Russia. Now the country has decided to send special engineering troops to participate in a full-scale war against Ukraine.

"AND? Nothing. Silence. Instead of responding, the UN invites Russian Interior Minister Kolokoltsev, who is under “strict” personal sanctions, to a “peacekeeping summit” to publicly discuss “peacekeeping” and once again tell neutral countries that “to attack other sovereignties, kill civilians en masse. excellent, right,” Podolyak wrote on Telegram. The adviser to the head of the OP sarcastically noted that it is the demonstrative ignoring of North Korea’s direct participation in the war on the side of the Russian Federation, as well as the invitation of Russian representatives to summits, that leads to a “fair ending.”

US Department of Defense spokesman Pat Ryder expressed the opinion that the North Korean military, if sent to help Russian forces in Ukraine, would most likely become “cannon fodder.”

“If I were the head of the North Korean military, I would question sending my forces as cannon fodder in an illegal war against Ukraine,” Ryder said at a briefing.

He added that the United States will continue to monitor the situation as cooperation between Russia and North Korea strengthens.

Posted by badanov 2024-06-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 How?
New DPRK weapon systems need training, setup, deployment and maintenance.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-06-28 00:14|| 2024-06-28 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Fewer mouths to feed. What's the down side of that?

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-06-28 07:56|| 2024-06-28 07:56|| Front Page Top

#3 North Korea 'will send military personnel to Ukraine within a month' to boost Putin's forces

Posted by Skidmark 2024-06-28 08:23|| 2024-06-28 08:23|| Front Page Top

#4 North Korean troops facing the French Foreign Legion. Hmmm.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2024-06-28 11:25|| 2024-06-28 11:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Ah, Chipyong-ni* Part Deux

* Joining the Americans was the coalition’s French Battalion, led by Lt. Col. Raoul Magrin-Vernerey. Better known by his nom de guerre, Ralph Monclar, he was a battle-tested veteran of the French Foreign Legion and World War II general who had accepted a demotion in order to lead the battalion.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-06-28 11:50|| 2024-06-28 11:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Engineers vs Troops - semantics.

The take away: Experts emphasize, direct engineering support from North Korea in the occupied territories can free up Russian army forces for operations along the front line, in particular, help Russia expand military infrastructure and defensive fortifications in the occupied part of Ukraine.

Posted by mossomo 2024-06-28 12:59|| 2024-06-28 12:59|| Front Page Top

#7 "Igor, you will be the first tank across the bridge the Norks spanned the river with. Wear a flotation vest"

Posted by Frank G 2024-06-28 13:12|| 2024-06-28 13:12|| Front Page Top

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