Volodymyr Zelensky, citing intelligence data, said that Russia intends to directly involve North Korea in the full-scale conflict against Ukraine this autumn and winter.
The announcement comes just a day after Zelensky warned about an “increasing” alliance between Moscow and Pyongyang.
Zelensky stated that according to Ukraine’s military Intelligence, Russia’s plans include “the actual participation of North Korea in the war” in the fall and winter.
The president also provided an update on “Russia’s relationships with other countries that, unfortunately are investing in prolonging war,” he added.
Zelensky warned that Russia and North Korea are deepening their partnership on October 13, saying that it had escalated to a point where North Korea is sending personnel along with weapons to Ukraine’s front line.
“This is not just about transferring arms. He said that it was about transferring North Koreans to the occupying forces.
The warning came after reports from South Korean Defence Minister Kim Yong-Hyun indicating that North Korea was likely to deploy regular soldiers to Ukraine to assist Russia at the front.
In recent days, reports have also surfaced that North Korean officers had been killed in a Ukrainian rocket strike on territory occupied by Russia. The Kyiv independent has not been able verify these reports. They have not been confirmed by more than one intelligence source.
Since the fall of 2023, North Korea has supplied Russia with vast quantities of artillery and ballistic missiles. Two countries signed a mutual defence pact earlier this year during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Pyongyang.
Putin presented the treaty to the Russian State Duma on October 14 for ratification. It stipulates that either nation will provide military assistance to the opposing nation in the event of a war.
According to Ukraine’s Military Intelligence, Russia’s fall and winter plans include “the actual participation of North Korea in the war”, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on October 14.
The treaty stipulates that both countries must provide military support to each other in the event of an attack. The first treaty was signed by Putin in June 2024 with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
According to German intelligence chief Bruno Kahl, Moscow’s ultimate goal is to “push” the U.S. “out of Europe,” to roll back NATO borders to the 1990s and to create a Russian sphere of influence that will cement a new world order.
Russian investigators claimed Laurent Vinatier, in addition to violating the registration of foreign agents, had pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining military information.
According to the regional prosecutor, an FPV drone targeted a civilian vehicle with five passengers inside, killing two women, aged 72 and 56. It also injured a man, 72, and a woman, 63, and injuring a woman, 72.
Pavlo Rozlach said that the commander of Ukraine’s 80th air assault brigade, Pavlo, had a Ukrainian company sneak into Kursk Oblast and hide in the forest in groups of six soldiers.
According to an analysis published on October 14 by the Kyiv Institute of Economics (KSE), 70% of Russia’s seaborne exports are transported by its “shadow fleet” – older and poorly insured tanks.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry stated that “there can be no appeasement of Russia when it continues to try and solve the ‘problem,’ of Ukraine’s existence.”
The EU’s new sanctions list includes individuals and entities that are responsible for the transfer of drones and rockets to Russia.
Oleh Kiper, Governor of Odesa Oblast, said that the attack damaged two civilian ships — NS Moon flying a Belizean flag and the Palau flagged OPTIMA. The Russians targeted the latter on October 7 last week.
Voloshyn, when asked by the Kyiv independent about the alleged seizure Levadne said that the situation is “developing quite dynamically”, and each side can regain the leadership.
The official told Argumenty i Fakty (a Kremlin-controlled outlet) that the number includes 12,328 people who are placed in temporary facilities throughout Russia, and around 100,000 people who live with family and friends.
Mykhailo Podolyak, the presidential advisor to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), told them in comments published on October 14 that Ukraine’s victory plans include a request for more ATACMS missiles and Storm Shadows as well as permission to launch them against military targets in Russia.
The lull was caused by the Russian attack on Ukraine in September with over 1,300 Shahed Kamikaze drones, which targeted settlements all across the country every day for a month. This daily pattern has continued into the first days in October.
Over 2,000 military personnel will be involved in the two-week exercises, as well as 60 aircraft from eight bases. The drills will take place over the airspace of Denmark, the U.K. and the North Sea in Belgium and the Netherlands. Thirteen NATO countries will send aircraft to participate.
Regional authorities reported on October 14 that Russian attacks against Ukraine have killed five people and injured another eight in the past day.
“It is not in the interests of our nations or those around us to stall progress on the reduction of nuclear arsenals.” Joe Biden, President of the United States, said that reducing the nuclear threat was important not because of the dangers in today’s world, but precisely because of those dangers.
First, it is important to appeal to Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, to stop attacking civilian targets across Ukraine. The German opposition leader said that if Moscow doesn’t concede, Ukraine should have the freedom to use weapons it has already received without restrictions.
Ukraine’s military intelligence reported that “such Soviet aircraft are used in particular to transport the Russian Defense Ministry leadership.”
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