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Ukraine video claims to point out North Korean troopers lining as much as accumulate Russia army gear

The US and South Korea have referred to as on North Korea to withdraw its troops from Russia which can be reportedly already inside Ukraine.

“Should DPRK’s troops enter Ukraine in support of Russia, they will surely return in body bags. So I would advise Chairman Kim to think twice about engaging in such reckless and dangerous behaviour,” Robert Wood, US envoy to the UN, mentioned.

South Korea and its allies have claimed that North Korea has despatched at the least 11,000 troopers to Russia, with greater than 3,000 of them now deployed near the frontlines in Ukraine, a presidential official in Seoul mentioned on Wednesday.

The US mentioned a few of the North Korean troopers had been in Kursk, a border area the place the Russian forces have been preventing off a Ukrainian incursion since August. A few thousand extra had been heading there, the Pentagon mentioned.

This got here as Ukraine drafted 160,000 extra individuals in anticipation of grinding warfare and a frozen battle zone within the upcoming winter, the third such underneath Russian invasion.

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North Korean troops in Russian uniforms shifting in direction of Ukraine, says US

US defence secretary Lloyd Austin mentioned on Wednesday that North Korean troops carrying Russian uniforms and carrying Russian gear are shifting in direction of Ukraine.

Mr Austin was talking at a press convention in Washington with South Korean defence minister Kim Yong-hyun as considerations rise over North Koreans deployed in Russia’s warfare in Ukraine.

Some North Korean advance items have already arrived within the Kursk area, the place Russia is preventing a Ukranian incursion, and Mr Austin mentioned “the likelihood is pretty high” Moscow will use the troops in fight.

“This is something that we’re going to continue to watch, and we’re going to continue to work with our allies and partners to discourage Russia from employing these troops in combat,” Mr Austin mentioned.

Mr Kim, talking by means of an interpreter, mentioned whereas he doesn’t essentially consider the deployment will set off warfare on the Korean Peninsula, it may improve safety threats.

He mentioned there’s a “high possibility” that Pyongyang will ask Moscow for technological assist to advance its tactical nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities, in change for its troops.

(EPA)

Shahana Yasmin31 October 2024 04:20

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North Korean troops preventing in Ukraine will ‘surely return in body bags’, US envoy says

The US and South Korea have referred to as on North Korea to withdraw its troops from Russia, as Robert Wood, US envoy to the UN, mentioned any North Korean troopers getting into Ukraine would “surely return in body bags”.

The Pentagon has mentioned that 10,000 North Korean troops have been deployed by Russia to the frontlines in its warfare on Ukraine.

“Should DPRK’s troops enter Ukraine in support of Russia, they will surely return in body bags. So I would advise Chairman Kim to think twice about engaging in such reckless and dangerous behaviour,” mentioned Mr Wood.

Shahana Yasmin31 October 2024 03:45

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‘If West can help Ukraine, why can’t North Korea assist us?’ Russian envoy asks at UN

Vassily Nebenzia, Russia’s envoy to the UN, requested on Wednesday why North Korea couldn’t assist Moscow when Western international locations claimed the precise to assist Ukraine.

Russia was accused at a Security Council assembly by the US, Britain, South Korea, Ukraine and their allies of violating UN resolutions and the founding UN Charter with the deployment of troops from North Korea, in keeping with Reuters.

“Supporting an act of aggression, which completely violates the principles of the UN Charter, is illegal,” mentioned South Korea’s UN ambassador Hwang Joonkook.

“Any activities that are entailed with the DPRK’s dispatch of troops to Russia are clear violations of multiple UN Security Council Resolutions.”Mr Nebenzia mentioned Russia’s army settlement with North Korea didn’t violate worldwide regulation.

“Even if everything that’s being said about the cooperation between Russia and North Korea by our Western colleagues is true, why is it that the United States and allies are trying to impose on everyone the flawed logic that they have the right to help the Zelensky regime … and Russian allies have no right to do a similar thing?” Mr Nebenzia requested.

Shahana Yasmin31 October 2024 03:20

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North Korean troops despatched to Russia could also be happy to be there, at the same time as they face ferocious preventing

The 1000’s of younger troopers North Korea has despatched to Russia, reportedly to assist battle towards Ukraine, embody many elite particular forces, however that hasn’t stopped hypothesis they’re going to be slaughtered as a result of they don’t have any fight expertise, no familiarity with the terrain and can doubtless be dropped onto essentially the most ferocious battlefields.

That could also be true, and shortly. Observers say a few of the troops have already arrived on the entrance. From the North Korean perspective, nonetheless, these troopers won’t be as depressing as outsiders assume. They could, in actual fact, view their Russian tour with satisfaction and as a uncommon probability to make good cash, see a overseas nation for the primary time and win most well-liked therapy for his or her households again dwelling, in keeping with former North Korean troopers.

“They are too young and won’t understand exactly what it means. They’ll just consider it an honor to be selected as the ones to go to Russia among the many North Korean soldiers,” mentioned Lee Woong-gil, a former member of the identical particular forces unit, the Storm Corps. He got here to South Korea in 2007. “But I think most of them won’t likely come back home alive.”

Troop deployment is Kim’s ‘large gamble’

Worries about North Korea’s doubtless participation within the Russian-Ukraine warfare had been highlighted this week when the Pentagon mentioned North Korea has despatched about 10,000 troops to Russia, and that they’ll doubtless battle towards Ukraine “over the next several weeks.” South Korea’s presidential workplace mentioned Wednesday that greater than 3,000 North Korean troopers have been moved near battlefronts in western Russia.

North Korea’s troop deployment may mark a severe escalation of the just about three-year warfare. It caught many exterior observers abruptly as a result of North Korea has its personal safety headache, a festering standoff with the United States and South Korea over its nuclear program.

Large North Korean troop casualties could be a significant political blow for the nation’s 40-year-old ruler, Kim Jong Un, whose authorities hasn’t formally confirmed the deployment. But specialists say Kim may even see this as a method to get a lot wanted overseas foreign money and safety help from Russia in return for becoming a member of Russia’s warfare towards Ukraine.

“Kim Jong Un is taking a big gamble. If there are no large casualty numbers, he will get what he wants to some extent. But things will change a lot if many of his soldiers die in battle,” mentioned Ahn Chan-il, a former North Korean military first lieutenant who’s now head of the World Institute for North Korean Studies assume tank in Seoul.

Tara Cobham31 October 2024 03:00

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NATO envoys to Hungary talk about PM Orban’s Russia and China insurance policies, US envoy says

Ambassadors and defence attaches of NATO members primarily based in Budapest met on Wednesday on the US embassy to debate Hungary’s coverage of “economic neutrality”, together with its ties with Russia and China, the embassy mentioned.

The assembly got here a day earlier than Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto was resulting from converse at a safety convention within the Belarusian capital Minsk, the place different members embody Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has been looking for to draw Chinese EV and battery manufacturing vegetation to Hungary, says his nation, a member of NATO and the European Union, doesn’t wish to be squeezed into any bloc and desires to maintain buying and selling with Russia and China in addition to its Western companions.

Orban, whose authorities has maintained shut ties with Moscow in the course of the warfare in Ukraine regardless of the EU making an attempt to isolate Russia, has mentioned Budapest will go for a method of “economic neutrality”.

The US embassy mentioned Wednesday’s assembly mentioned “the security aspects” of this coverage, with Ambassador David Pressman once more criticising the Hungarian authorities’s ties with Russia and China.

“Hungary’s newly announced policy of economic neutrality and its growing dependencies on Moscow and Beijing have security implications for the United States and Euro-Atlantic interests. We appreciated the opportunity to discuss Hungary’s new policy with our Allies,” Pressman mentioned in keeping with a press release.

Orban’s chief of employees instructed a briefing in response to the ambassador’s feedback that he recommended Pressman “study the U.S.-China trade volumes as those have been growing massively”.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says his country does not want to be squeezed into any bloc and wants to keep trading with Russia and China as well as its Western partners
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says his nation doesn’t wish to be squeezed into any bloc and desires to maintain buying and selling with Russia and China in addition to its Western companions (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Tara Cobham31 October 2024 01:00

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EU says Georgia should change course earlier than EU membership talks can start

The European Commission on Wednesday instructed Georgia that it will be unable to suggest opening European Union membership talks with the nation except it modifications course, whereas praising Ukraine and Moldova’s efforts to implement reforms in a difficult setting.

Georgia’s governing social gathering, seen by many western governments as more and more Moscow-friendly, gained a parliamentary election on Saturday that was marred by experiences of voting violations, as Moldova prepares for a presidential runoff election on Sunday that pits a pro-Western incumbent towards a candidate backed by a historically pro-Russian social gathering.

In an annual report on the bloc’s enlargement coverage, the Commission reiterated that Georgia’s accession course of has de facto been halted resulting from components comparable to laws that requires organisations receiving greater than 20 per cent of their funding from overseas to register as brokers of overseas affect and “strong anti-EU narratives.”

Pointing to worldwide observers’ experiences of voter intimidation and procedural inconsistencies in Georgia’s election, the Commission mentioned there’s a want for electoral reform and that “constructive and inclusive dialogue across the political spectrum is now paramount”.

“The EU remains committed to further deepen the partnership,” the report mentioned, warning that “unless Georgia reverts the current course of action the Commission will not be in a position to consider recommending opening negotiations with Georgia.”

The report pointed to progress in Ukraine and Moldova, which started accession talks with the EU earlier this yr, noting nonetheless that extra work must be achieved.

“Despite progress on fundamental reforms, further efforts are needed,” the Commission mentioned, concerning Ukraine’s course of.

In Moldova, the Commission mentioned further efforts are essential to implement a ‘deoligarchisation’ plan.

The Commission mentioned it’s “looking forward to the opening of negotiations on clusters, starting with the fundamentals, as soon as possible in 2025” for each international locations if situations are met.

Tara Cobham30 October 2024 23:00

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Russian-led CSTO army bloc to carry drills in Belarus in Sept 2025, Belarus says

The Collective Security Treaty Organisation, a Russian-led post-Soviet army bloc, plans to carry workouts in Belarus in September 2025, the Belarusian Defence Ministry mentioned on Wednesday.

Tara Cobham30 October 2024 21:00

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Prosecutors search a 17-year jail time period for Pentagon secrets and techniques leaker Jack Teixeira

Prosecutors plan to argue {that a} Massachusetts Air National Guard member who pleaded responsible to leaking extremely categorized army paperwork in regards to the warfare in Ukraine ought to serve almost 17 years in jail.

In a sentencing memorandum filed Tuesday, prosecutors mentioned Jack Teixeira “perpetrated one of the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history”.

“As each a member of the United States Armed Forces and a clearance holder, the defendant took an oath to defend the United States and to guard its secrets and techniques — secrets and techniques which can be very important to US nationwide safety and the bodily security of Americans serving abroad,” prosecutors wrote. “Teixeira violated his oath, virtually daily, for over a yr.”

Teixeira’s attorneys will argue that US District Judge Indira Talwani should sentence him to 11 years in prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced 12 November.

In their sentencing memorandum, they acknowledged that their client “made a horrible determination which he repeated over 14 months.”

“It’s against the law that deserves severe penalties,” the attorneys wrote. “Jack has completely accepted accountability for the wrongfulness of his actions and stands prepared to simply accept no matter punishment should now be imposed.”

Teixeira, of North Dighton, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in March to six counts of the willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act nearly a year after he was arrested in the most consequential national security leak in years.

The 22-year-old admitted that he illegally collected some of the nation’s most sensitive secrets and shared them with other users on the social media platform Discord.

Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira (right) appearing in the US District Court in Boston in April
Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira (right) appearing in the US District Court in Boston in April (Margaret Small)

Tara Cobham30 October 2024 19:00

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Poland’s commission looking into Russian influences finds ex-defence minister at fault

The head of a special commission investigating Russian and Belarusian influences in Poland has said that it will refer to prosecutors a former defence minister whose decisions it said impaired Poland’s defences ahead of Russia’s 2022 war on Ukraine.

The commission was launched in May by the pro-European Union government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk to investigate cases of Russia and Belarus exerting influence on Poland’s politics since 2004.

Tusk and other officials say Poland, a key ally of Ukraine, is facing intensified hybrid attacks from Russia and its neighbor and ally Belarus that include acts of sabotage, cyberattacks and growing migrant pressure along the Poland-Belarus border.

Poland’s previous government was in the hands of the conservative Law and Justice party, which put Poland at odds with the EU, chiefly over changes to the country’s justice system and rule-of-law principles. The current administration has been taking steps to hold officials of the previous government accountable for what it says are serious irregularities.

On Wednesday, Gen. Jaroslaw Stróżyk, head of the commission and the Military Counterintelligence Service, presented the first unclassified conclusions that saw some of the former government’s decisions as potentially hurting Poland’s interests.

He said that some of the documents the commission has reviewed suggest the existence of “direct affect” by Russia, without providing further details. He said many of the documents remain classified.

Stróżyk said that Antoni Macierewicz, defence minister in 2015-18, without any analysis or consultation, cancelled plans to purchase seven tanker aircraft for Poland’s F-16 jet fighters, thus reducing their airborne time and defense capabilities.

The commission said the decision was dictated by Macierewicz’s “private aversion to companions within the EU” and called it a “diplomatic treason.” Stróżyk said the commission will refer the former defence minister to prosecutors, who will decide whether to take further action.

The commission also blamed Macierewicz for hurting operations handled by Poland’s special services and intelligence by closing 10 of their 15 regional bureaus in 2017.

Stróżyk said the commission found no signs that the previous government held any debates or took any pro-defence decisions in response to US warnings that Russia was preparing to attack neighboring Ukraine.

Macierewicz on Wednesday dismissed the report, calling it “absurd”.

Tara Cobham30 October 2024 17:00

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Zelenskyy expects Ramstein assembly on Ukraine assist in coming weeks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has mentioned the subsequent assembly of the Ramstein group that coordinates army help for Ukraine ought to be held within the coming weeks.

Initially scheduled for October, the best stage assembly to this point of the Ramstein group was postponed after US President Joe Biden cancelled his journey to Germany due to hurricane in his nation.

“We are also already seeing the contours of the Ramstein meeting, which should take place in the coming weeks,” Zelenskyy mentioned in his night handle on Wednesday.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks as he attends a Ramstein group meeting in September
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks as he attends a Ramstein group assembly in September (AFP through Getty Images)

Tara Cobham30 October 2024 16:17

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-map-live-north-korean-troops-putin-news-b2638708.html