New Delhi: North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin are friends. The whole world has seen the hallmark of this friendship. North Korea was also helping Russia in the Russia-Ukraine war. Now a big news has come out from this front. North Korea is increasing its involvement in the Ukraine war, and military engineers are now assisting Russia in attacking Ukraine with ballistic missiles. This claim is from North Korea’s enemy country South Korea.
The War Zone report claims that North Korean troops, including officers, have been deployed alongside Russian forces, the first instance of a foreign government sending uniformed troops to support an invasion of Russia. Is. Let us tell you that till now NATO countries are known to send military “advisers” to Ukraine.
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Why is North Korea helping Russia?
The War Zone report said North Korea benefits from testing its weapons and gaining experience in high-intensity combat in the real world. Ukraine has responded by targeting North Korean ammunition depots in Russia. A declassified US report shows that Russia has used North Korea’s short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs), including the KN-23 and KN-24, in attacks targeting critical infrastructure in Ukraine. It is known that since the outbreak of war in February 2022, North Korea has reportedly given more than one million artillery shells to Russia.
North Korea’s support may stem from the belief that a Russian victory would set a precedent for the lifting of US and UN sanctions. The punitive measures have forced North Korea to become increasingly dependent on China for its economic survival, weakening its strategic autonomy. As North Korea has increased its involvement in the war by deploying troops, Ukraine has retaliated by targeting these forces and disrupting supply lines.
Tags: Kim Jong Un, Russia ukraine war, Vladimir Putin
FIRST PUBLISHED : October 14, 2024, 10:47 IST