North Korea vows to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

North Korean Foreign Minister Choi Song Hee told the Russian press that the Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un the regime will stand its ground Russia throughout the invasion Ukraine.

Choi spoke alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Friday, during which she vowed that the North Korean people will “always firmly support our Russian comrades until Victory Day,” according to a translation Moscow Times.

South Korea, the United States, the United Nations and Ukraine have confirmed intelligence reports that about 8,000 Korean People’s Army troops are planning to move to the Kursk region, which is currently occupied by the Ukrainian military.

North Korea vows to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — In this photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry press service on November 1, 2024, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (right) and North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Song-hee (left) attend the unveiling ceremony of a plaque commemorating Kim Il Sung’s visit in 1949 year. in the USSR at the Yaroslavl station in Moscow. (Press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry via AP)

Choi and Lavrov avoided directly discussing reports of mobilized North Korean soldiers.

“We have no doubt that under the wise leadership of the respected Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Russian army and people will definitely achieve a great victory in their sacred struggle to protect the sovereign rights and security of their state,” Chow said, according to the statement. to translation.

Lavrov thanked Choi and expressed his gratitude Russia “To Korean friends” for maintaining “a principled position on the events that unfolded in Ukraine.”

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin joined their South Korean counterparts Thursday at a conference in Washington to discuss concerns about the Korean People’s Army joining the conflict.

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, militants are seen at a Korean People’s Army Special Forces training base in western North Korea on Oct. 2, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover events. the event depicted in this image released by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. The Korean language watermark on the image, provided by the source, reads “KCNA,” which is an acronym for the Korean Central News Agency. (Korea Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

The group of officials warned that North Korean soldiers risk becoming “legitimate military targets” but provided no indication of how or whether the U.S. and South Korea would take direct action.

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President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky warns his country’s Western allies that there has not been a sufficient response to the unprecedented military cooperation between Russia and the North Korean regime.

In an interview with South Korean channel KBS published Thursday, Zelensky warned that Russia would use North Korea’s military presence near Kursk to test the response of NATO and other international alliances.

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks with Ukrainian journalists in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 21, 2024. (Press service of the President of Ukraine via AP)

“If there is nothing – and I think the reaction to this is nothing, it was zero – then the number of North Korean troops on our border will be increased,” he said.