First clash between Ukrainian forces and North Korean soldiers, – #RustemUmerov
The defence minister pointed out that this encounter can be seen as the official start of #NorthKorea‘s involvement in the war against #Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/UrVyWpn5on
— Boris Alexander Beissner (@boris_beissner) November 5, 2024
So is Trump going to end the war in the Ukraine in order to funnel the funds into the Middle East?
Maybe!
We should find out in the next week or so if he’s going with that. As President Elect, he has the total authority to start making calls.
If I had to guess, I’d expect a wind-down of some kind, an attempt to push a “frozen conflict.” Russia has said they won’t accept that, but they might go along with some version of it. Or, maybe, if Russia doesn’t have their full demands met, they will just keep pushing.
It’s one of the things that will be fun to see regarding the Trump thing.
Also: there is no evidence of North Koreans in the Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday the Ukrainian military’s first clashes with North Korean troops had opened the way to more “instability in the world.”
Defence Minister Rustem Umerov confirmed, in an interview with South Korean television, that the first armed engagements had occurred with North Korean troops in the more than 2-1/2-year-old war.
“The first battles with North Korean soldiers have opened a new chapter of instability in the world,” Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address.
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Umerov, the defence minister, told South Korea’s KBS television in an interview broadcast on Tuesday that there had been a “small engagement” with the North Korean troops.
“Yes, I think so. It is (an) engagement,” Umerov said in English, when asked if a clash had occurred.
The report, with excerpts from the interview, quoted Umerov as saying that the engagement was small and not yet systematic in terms of mobilising soldiers.
It said Umerov told the interviewer that identification and other procedures would take time as the Russian military was trying to pass off the North Koreans as Buryats, a Mongolian ethnic group from Siberian regions.
Umerov said he expected a sharp rise in the number of North Koreans deployed.
This is obviously just made up, whole cloth, as part of this agenda to get South Korea involved in the Ukraine.
They didn’t even say where the “clashes” took place. Why would they not give a location? Are they suggesting it was inside of Russia, in Kursk, where it would sound bad to complain about Russia doing whatever they’re doing to defend the homeland?
Putin has been vague and sarcastic enough about the North Korean thing that I think it probably has some legitimacy in terms of a few troops coming in as observers, but that is a very minor thing. It’s not going to be anywhere near enough troops to change anything, and Russia is really already moving as fast as they can.
I thank everyone around the world who has responded to the arrival of North Korean soldiers in Russia—and especially those who have responded not only with words but are preparing actions in support of our defense here in Ukraine.
Unfortunately, terror can spread like a virus… pic.twitter.com/HypHmfdna8
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) November 5, 2024