{"id":3157,"date":"2024-10-16T19:18:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T19:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/?p=3157"},"modified":"2024-10-17T00:57:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T00:57:35","slug":"nato-refuses-to-support-ukraines-north-korea-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/2024\/10\/16\/nato-refuses-to-support-ukraines-north-korea-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO refuses to support Ukraine\u2019s North Korea claims"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kiev recently claimed that Pyongyang has been supplying soldiers to fight with Russian forces against Ukraine<\/strong><\/p>\n NATO cannot confirm reports about North Korean military personnel allegedly fighting alongside Russian forces in the Ukraine conflict, Mark Rutte, the US-led bloc\u2019s secretary general, has said.<\/p>\n Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky earlier claimed that North Korea has been supplying Moscow with weapons and soldiers.<\/p>\n Rutte was asked by the National News Agency of Ukraine at a press briefing on Wednesday to verify such reports, to which he responded: \u201cI cannot confirm these reports, but obviously they are concerning.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n Rutte went on to say, \u201cWhat we do know is that North Korea is helping to fuel Russia\u2019s war effort against Ukraine and we strongly condemn the, let\u2019s say, deepening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea,\u201d<\/em> reiterating that\u00a0\u201cat this stage cannot confirm the reports you were mentioning.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Zelensky told the Ukrainian parliament on Wednesday that\u00a0the country’s spy services had confirmed that North Korea was supplying both weapons and personnel\u00a0to Russia. He also called on Kiev\u2019s supporters to impose new sanctions on Pyongyang.<\/p>\n The issue of North Korean soldiers supposedly taking part in the conflict on Russia\u2019s side was previously raised by South Korea. Last week, the country\u2019s Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun claimed during a parliamentary session that Pyongyang could send forces to fight for Russia after it signed a mutual security treaty with Moscow. He\u00a0believes that such a deployment is \u201chighly likely\u201d<\/em> and suggested that some North Korean soldiers may have already been killed in the Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n \n Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n