The war between Russia and Ukraine comes to your day 979 since its beginning on February 24, 2022, when the Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered a “special military operation” to free the pro-Russian population from the Donbas region of Ukraine.
Hoy Tuesday October 29, 2024Ukraine and South Korea agreed to initiate joint measures against the deployment of North Korean soldiers in Russia.
For his part, the South Korean president, Yoon Suk-yeol He assured that it is illegal for Russia and North Korea to maintain a defense agreement and, under it, soldiers have been sent to the Russian battlefront; Likewise, he described this union as an international threat.
Meanwhile Vladimir Putin On October 29, he ordered the carrying out of military exercises to deter nuclear attacks in the face of possible international interference in the armed conflict against Ukraine.
Ukraine and South Korea agree to joint measures against North Korean deployment in Russia
The president of Ukraine, Volodímir Zelenskiheld a first telephone conversation this Tuesday, October 29, with his counterpart from South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeolsince the sending of North Korean soldiers to Russia became known.
In this call, Zelensky shared information and agreed to develop a series of joint measures in response to Pyongyang’s entry into the war.
”We have agreed to strengthen exchanges of intelligence and knowledge, intensify contacts at all levels, especially at the highest level, to develop a strategy of action and countermeasures to address this escalation”
Volodímir Zelenski
The Ukrainian head of state also shared with his South Korean counterpart information “about the deployment of 3,000 North Korean soldiers in Russian training camps near the combat zone.”
Likewise, Zelensky added that the number of North Korean troops sent to Russia reach 12 thousand.
For this reason, he indicated that delegations from kyiv and Seoul will meet “soon” to coordinate the agreed actions that have, among other objectives, to increase the involvement of the allies of both countries in a response to the sending of soldiers from Pyongyang to Russia.
Pyongyang-Moscow military cooperation is illegal and a danger to the world: South Korea
The South Korean president, Yoon Suk-yeol, assured this Tuesday of the “illegal military cooperation” between Pyongyang and Moscow after it became known that North Korea deployed troops in Russia, a fact that he described as “significant threat” to security of the country he heads and for the rest of the world.
“This illegal military cooperation between Russia and North Korea is a significant threat to the security of the international community and could also pose a serious risk to our national security.”
Yoon Suk-yeol
His statements come a day after North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui left for Russia for an official visit.
Likewise, the South Korean president assured that “we must thoroughly evaluate all possibilities and prepare countermeasures,” and urged everyone to participate in risk management with a “greater sense of vigilance.”
For his part, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte received a briefing from a South Korean delegation on Monday and confirmed that North Korean soldiers had arrived in Russia’s Kursk region, near the border with Ukraine.
On the same day, Yoon Suk-yeol warned European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in a phone call that troops They could move to the war front sooner than expected.
North Korea sends foreign minister to Russia
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Korea, Choe Son-huileft for Russia for an official visit, according to North Korean state media this Tuesday, October 29, in a meeting that coincides with the sending North Korean troops to Russia.
Choe left Pyongyang International Airport on Monday, October 28, according to the North Korean state agency KCNA in a brief statement where the reason for the visit was not detailed, although it is expected that it could serve as a prelude to a future visit by the North Korean leader. Kim Jong-Un, to Moscow.
This announcement comes after the Pentagon noted that North Korea has sent around 10,000 soldiers on train to eastern Russia will “probably” reinforce Russian forces near Ukraine in the coming weeks.
North Korea and Russia have been strengthening their military and other cooperation; Last June Kim Jong-Un and Vladimir Putin held a summit in Pyongyang; in said meeting signed a new association treaty that included a mutual defense clause.
Vladimir Putin orders exercises of the Russian strategic nuclear deterrent forces
President Vladimir Putin ordered the launch of exercises of the strategic nuclear deterrent forces today, Tuesday, October 29, in order to rehearse the launch of ballistic and cruise missiles.
”We will train the actions of the commanders to control the use of nuclear weapons with launches of ballistic and cruise missiles…taking into account the increase in geopolitical tensions and the emergence of new external threats and risks, it is important to have strategic forces modern that are permanently ready for use in combat”
Vladimir Putin
The president of Russia highlighted that the nuclear triad, that is, intercontinental missiles, atomic submarines and strategic aviationcontinues to be a “reliable guarantor of the sovereignty and security of our country, which allows us to fulfill the tasks of strategic deterrence.”
In addition, he added that the strategic nuclear deterrent forces also allow “to maintain nuclear parity and the balance of forces in the world as objective factors of global stability.”
At the same time, Vladimir Putin assured that “Russia confirms its position of principle that the use of nuclear weapons is an extreme and extraordinary measure to guarantee security.”
The head of the Kremlin insisted that Moscow intends to continue perfecting all the components of its nuclear arsenal within the framework of the state rearmament program, for which it has enormously increased defense spending since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.
This will include the supplying strategic forces with new stationary and mobile missile systems which are much more precise and, in addition, require less time to launch, he explained.
However, he assured that, although Russia intends to strengthen its nuclear forces with modern weapons, currently this indicator is 94%, it does not plan to become involved in a “new arms war” as happened to the Soviet Union.
At the end of last July, Russia carried out joint tactical nuclear maneuvers with Belarus using Iskander-M ballistic missiles.