“Those people are running”… WP analyzes pro-Russian ‘Parafax’ video
Satellite images also show significant changes in Sergeevka, the North Korean military deployment area.
“Look over there, those people are running.”
Based on video footage of North Korean troops dispatched to Russia and related satellite photos, the Washington Post (WP) reported on the 25th (local time) that “soldiers from North Korea’s elite ‘Storm Corps’ are preparing to support Russia in the war against Ukraine.” “It appears that they are doing it,” he analyzed.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky previously said, “I received a report from the intelligence authorities that between the 27th and 28th, North Korean troops would be deployed to the combat zone for the first time.”
On this day, WP analyzed that ‘Para Pax’, a pro-Russia Telegram channel, released a video containing the above Russian language on the 18th. The name of the video is ‘North Korean soldiers at a training ground in Russia’, meaning ‘those people’ refer to North Korean soldiers.
The location where the video was filmed was a military training ground near Sergeyevka near Vladivostok, and it showed soldiers wearing Russian military uniforms, carrying backpacks and rifles, rushing through the streets.
After one man comments that “they are running,” another man says, “We shouldn’t film those people.” Afterwards, the former man again says, “More are coming here,” and somewhat exaggeratedly says, “There are millions of people.”
Images of North Korean troops dispatched to Russia are being captured one after another. On the 19th, Parafax also posted a related air route map on Telegram, saying that the Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-62M was “transporting soldiers from Pyongyang to Moscow.”
On the 22nd, the Telegram-based Russian media outlet ‘Astra’ released a video showing what appeared to be North Korean soldiers gathered together, talking or smoking cigarettes.
Astra reported that the location of this place is the 127th Motorized Rifle Division (Unit 44980) in the Sergeyevka region.
WP specifically revealed that, according to Barracks Technology, a U.S. private satellite photography company, there have been significant changes in Sergeyevka since early September of this year.
Comparing satellite photos taken on September 6 and October 7, the photo taken in October shows what appears to be a trench dug into the ground, and a new structure is being built.
At least 20 additional military vehicles are also visible to the west of the base.
Sean McFate, a mercenary expert, said, “Although Sergeyevka Base is closed, it is an appropriate place to train the rapidly increasing North Korean military due to its location and vast area.”
He continued, “It is common for new units to train together before deployment,” adding, “As a result, the North Korean military understands the Russian military’s combat and communication methods. “They are turning into a Russian war machine.”
WP said that concerns are being raised about what North Korea’s Workers’ Party General Secretary Kim Jong-un is trying to gain from Russia in return for this deployment of troops, and that “this is the first time that North Korean troops have been dispatched to an overseas combat zone.”
(Seoul = News 1)