Zelenskyy accuses North Korea of sending soldiers to help Russia in war

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, claims that North Korea has supplied Russia with soldiers as well as weapons.

In his video address on Sunday night, Zelenskyy stated that “we see an increasing alliance between regimes like North Korea.” It’s no longer just about transferring weapons, they say. People from North Korea are actually being transferred to the occupying military forces.

In light of Russia’s growing alliances, he said Ukraine and its allies needed to change their strategy, and he also reiterated his call for more military support to stop a bigger war.

“The front line needs more support”, he said. It’s not just a list of military tools when we talk about expanding Ukraine’s long-range capabilities and increasing our forces’ decisive supplies. It’s about putting more pressure on the perpetrator, pressure that will be greater than Russia’s capacity allows. And it’s about preventing a bigger war.

Zelenskyy’s appeal to Ukraine’s allies to permit the country’s allies to attack military installations deep inside Russia and reduce its potential for war has so far failed.

He stated that he would try his hardest to get that approval.

The entire next week will be dedicated to working with our partners for the sake of such strength, for the sake of true peace, he said.

Presidents of the West were scheduled to meet on the subject last week in Germany, but President Obama spokesman delayed his visit as Hurricane Milton weakened Florida.

He is now scheduled to visit Germany this week, where the Ukraine war is at its highest priority.

Kim Yong-hyun, the country’s minister of national defense, stated last week that there was a “high possibility” that North Korea would send soldiers to assist Russia on the Ukrainian battlefield.

He added that it was “highly likely” that rumors that North Korean officers had been killed in a Ukrainian attack on Russian-occupied territory were accurate.

The remarks were described as “fake news,” according to Russia.

Since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, North Korea and Russia have forged closer ties.

Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, traveled by train to eastern Russia in September 2023 to meet with President Vladimir Putin, visit military installations, and visit arms factories.

Putin, meanwhile, travelled to Pyongyang in June on his first visit to the country in 24 years with Kim promising his “full support and solidarity” for Russia’s war in Ukraine.

North Korea is accused of providing Russia with weapons by the US, South Korea, and Ukraine.