North Korea is preparing to send more troops to Russia after suffering victims, says South Korea

Seoul, South Korea (AP) – The Army of South Korea said on Friday that it suspected North Korea Russia After military Fighting in the Russian-Ukraine war have suffered heavy victims.

The joint staff heads of South Korea have also evaluated in a report distributed to journalists that North Korea continues its preparations to test a shot Intercontinental ballistic missile intended to reach the United States.

The return of President Donald Trump to the White House can brighten up Pyongyang’s prospects for high-level diplomacy with Washington, while he met North Korean leader Kim Jong one three times during his first mandate. Many experts say that Kim probably thinks that his evolving nuclear program and extended military cooperation with Russian President Vladimir Putin could give him a greater lever effect than during his 2018-2019 summits with Trump.

North Korea has provided a large amount of artillery and others conventional weapons to Russia, and last October, he sent around 10,000 to 12,000 troops in Russia In addition, in our opinion, the South Korean and Ukrainian intelligences. Seoul, Washington and others fear that Russia could in return transfer to Sophisticated weapons from North Korea which can improve its nuclear program.

North Korean soldiers are considered to be very disciplined and well trained, but their lack of combat experiences and an unconditional with the largely flat plains that make up most of the battlefields of the Russian-Ukrainian war have made easy targets to drone and artillery strikes.

The South Korea espionage agency said last week that it had evaluated around 300 North Korean soldiers died and that 2,700 others had been injured. Earlier in January, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy put it Number of North Koreans killed or injured at 4,000Although American estimates are less than around 1,200.

South Korean joint chiefs of staff said that North Korea accelerates preparations to send more troops to Russia, without saying how it has reached the evaluation.

The deepening of military ties between North Korea and Russia could embrace Kim from its relations with the United States and South Korea. During a major political conference last month, Kim promised to implement the “Most difficult” anti-American policy. But many experts say that Kim could possibly want to sit for interviews with Trump if he thinks that the American president could make concessions.

Their previous Discussions collapsed After Trump rejected Kim’s offer to dismantle his main nuclear complex, a limited step in denuclearization, in exchange for relief of in -depth sanctions. Kim has since greatly increased the pace of Arms tests To extend an arsenal of nuclear missiles targeting the United States and South Korea.

In South Korea, we fear that Trump abandons the objective of a complete denuclearization of North Korea and to focus on the elimination of its long-range missile program which constitutes a direct threat to the United States, While leaving its nuclear attack capacities against South Korea intact.

During an interview with Fox News broadcast Thursday, Trump called Kim “an intelligent guy” and “not a religious fanatic”. Asked to find out if he would contact Kim again, Trump replied that “I will do it, yes”.

Trump called North Korea on Monday on Monday “nuclear power” when he boasted of his personal ties with Kim. This has created a hustle and bustle in South Korea, because Washington, Seoul and their partners have long avoided describing North Korea as a nuclear state for the sake of being considered to be accepting its pursuit of nuclear weapons in violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions.

“I was very friendly with him. He loved me. I loved it, ”said Trump during press availability at the Oval Office after inauguration. “Now it is nuclear power. But we get along. I think he will be happy to see that I am coming back.

Jeon Ha Gyu, spokesperson for the South Korean Defense Ministry, told journalists on Tuesday that efforts to carry out the denuclearization of North Korea should be prosecuted as a prerequisite to achieve lasting peace not only on the peninsula Korean but also in the world. The South Korea Foreign Ministry has also declared that it would coordinate closely with the Trump administration to carry out the denuclearization of North Korea.

North Korea has not responded to Trump’s comments. Friday, a state media report on the two-day two-day meeting in Pyongyang this week did not say if Kim was assisted there, and the report made no mention of the United States, of the South Korea, Russia or other foreign policy issues.