On October 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin published an online bill that he submitted to the State Duma to ratify an agreement involving a strategic partnership with North Korea.
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 and Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, in June 2024. The Defense Pact will officially come into effect once both countries ratify it.
Moscow and Pyongyang are stepping up their military cooperation, as Russia looks for arms and other forms of support to wage a full-scale war on Ukraine. In recent weeks, there have been more claims about a direct North Korean presence on Ukrainian soil.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Russia, warned on October 13 about Russia’s “increasing partnership” with North Korea. He said the partnership had gone beyond an arms deal to “actually be about transferring North Koreans to the occupying forces.”
Zelensky made his statement after reports that several North Korean officers were killed in an Ukrainian missile strike on occupied Ukraine. The Kyiv independent has not been in a position to verify these reports. They have not been confirmed by more than one intelligence source.
Kim Yong Hyun, South Korean Defense Minister, told lawmakers in early Octembre that North Korea likely planned to send troops into Ukraine to fight alongside Russia. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov dismissed these reports on October 10.
The agreement signed between Putin and Kim has similarities with historical treaties. The South Korean news agency Yonhap noted in June that the Article 4 of the agreement, which discusses military assistance, is similar to Article 1 of the Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance, signed by North Korea and Soviet Union in 1961.
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 said that a Ukrainian company sneaked into Kursk Oblast and hid themselves 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” of old and poorly insured tankers.
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 Palauan 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 to stop attacking civilians in 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 primarily used to transport the leadership of Russia’s Defense Ministry.”
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