Volodymyr Zelensky. Photo: Office of the President

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on his partners to put more pressure on Russia and provide more support to Ukraine in light of the North Korean military’s likely participation in a war against Ukraine in the coming days.

Source: Evening speech by the president

Quote by Zelensky: “Every day of war proves that Moscow is determined to continue its aggression. They (the Russians – ed.) want nothing else. And that’s why they’re trying to ramp up their weapons production, and that’s why they’re bypassing And that’s why they increasingly view North Korea as an ally, and their soldiers could be on the battlefield against Ukraine at any moment now. Ukraine will be forced to actually fight North Korea in Europe.

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These are circumstances where the lack of stronger decisions from partners to support Ukraine only encourages Putin to invest further in terror.

The world can prevent the war from unfolding. Abstractions and words are not enough. Concrete steps are needed. We have included all of these steps in the Victory Plan. These steps will prevent the perpetrators of the war from becoming even more aggressive. We expect greater pressure on Russia. We expect more support for Ukraine. And it will be fair.”

Details: Zelenskyy announced that the coming week would be a time of “very actively working with partners to support our soldiers on the front and for the sake of our strategy to force Russia to end the war.”

“We are preparing important signals of support for Ukraine,” the president said.

Background:

• On October 8, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said North Korea would likely send some of its regular forces to Ukraine to support Russia.
• On October 13, President Zelenskyy stated that North Korea was supplying Russia not only with weapons but also with military personnel, and called on partners to increase aid to Ukraine.
• On October 17, Zelenskyy specified that Russia planned to involve about 10,000 soldiers from North Korea in the war against Ukraine.
• On October 18, Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s defense intelligence, confirmed that around 11,000 North Korean infantrymen are currently undergoing training in eastern Russia. They will be ready to take part in combat actions against Ukraine from November 1.
• On Wednesday, South Korean intelligence said Pyongyang had sent 3,000 troops to Russia to support Russian forces in their war against Ukraine and also tried to isolate the families of selected soldiers in a certain location to prevent information from spreading.
• The first North Korean military units to undergo training at training grounds in eastern Russia have arrived in the war zone. They were spotted in Russia’s Kursk Oblast on October 23.

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