The idea of sending NATO troops to Ukraine returns. North Korea’s actions are in the background.
A few days ago, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service announced that North Korea will send 12,000 people to Russia this month. soldiers of the special forces to support the country in the war with Ukraine. 1.5 thousand of them were about to reach the front. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in turn, said Pyongyang had sent 10,000 people to help Russia. soldiers and some of them have already died at the front.
– If the information about sending troops from North Korea to Russia is confirmed, NATO countries will have to reconsider the issue of sending troops to Ukraine. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said this in an interview with Politico. “We are still on the defensive and responding to the escalation rather than reversing it. Macron’s ideas (about sending Western troops to Ukraine – ed.) should be reconsidered now, better late than never,” the head of Lithuanian diplomacy wrote on the X. website.
The discernment is underway
Politico indicates that in response, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte asked South Korean President Yoon Suk-yol to send a delegation that would provide Western leaders with more information about sending North Korean troops to Russia. Seoul plans to send its scouts not only to Brussels, but also to Ukraine. “There is an option for personnel to be sent to Ukraine to observe the tactics and combat capabilities of North Korean special forces sent there to support Russia,” a South Korean intelligence source told Yonhap news agency.
At the same time, neither Rutte nor US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin confirmed reports from South Korea and Ukraine about North Korean soldiers in Russia.
Estonian politician: let’s not use excuses
Meanwhile, Estonian MEP Riho Terhas, who commanded the Estonian Armed Forces from 2011 to 2018, sees this position as “an excuse for inaction”. – I’m sure there are reports [o wysłaniu północnokoreańskich żołnierzy do Rosji] will be confirmed very soon because it is actually true, he argues. According to Terhas, Putin made the deal with Kim “out of desperation”, because he misses people on the front line and does not want to mobilize in the country.
According to the Estonian, sending North Korean soldiers to Russia will have a minimal impact on the situation at the front, although he nevertheless believes that Europeans should reconsider the possibility of deploying their troops in Ukraine. – It is important to at least have this option. Talking about deploying troops in Ukraine creates a little more uncertainty for Putin about where the war is going, and that’s good, he says.
This proposal is supported by the French Minister of Defense, Sebastien Lecornu: – Imagine a ceasefire or a peace treaty – you will understand that the question of deploying non-nuclear deterrent forces in Ukraine to fend off the new threat from Russia is now needs to be addressed.
As described by The Moscow Times, discussions are taking place in London about the possibility of sending military instructors to Ukraine, but these are not related to North Korea’s actions. British military leaders are talking about organizing intensive training for recruits in deserted areas of Ukraine. Ukraine.”
Source: Do Rzeczy
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