The Ukrainian project “I Want to Live”, released on October 23, called on North Korean soldiers to surrender to Ukrainian troops in a new Korean language video.
The 24-hour “I Want to Live”, hotline launched by Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence in September 2022, helps Russian soldiers willingly surrender their units or themselves to the Ukrainian Army.
After surrendering, the Russian military will be held in accordance with the Geneva Conventions.
“You must not die senselessly in a foreign land. You must not repeat what happened to hundreds of thousands Russian soldiers who never returned home! The Korean-language statement reads:
No matter how many soldiers Pyongyang sent to help Russia, or where they went, Ukrainian POW camps were ready to accept soldiers of any nationality and religious views.
The Ukrainian side guarantees the North Korean military safe conditions of detention and food, as well as medical care.
John Foreman, CBE, former U.K. defense attache to Moscow from 2019 to 2020, told the Kyiv Independent, that Ukrainian efforts could help the North Koreans desert. Foreman said that the North Korean soldiers would also know that they will be treated “much more compassionately” by the Ukrainians than by their own side or by the Russians.
Foreman assumed North Korea had anticipated this by holding families of soldiers as hostages, if not threatening them with dire consequences if they deserted.
“(North Korean leader Kim Jong Un) has no compunction about killing his own people, starving, or assassinating political opponents. He will do this to anyone he perceives as being disloyal. Foreman said that holding the sword of Damocles above the heads of families of North Korean soldiers would be a way to keep their loyalty.
In June, during the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Pyongyang, Russia and North Korea signed an agreement on mutual defense. In accordance with the agreement, a North Korean engineering unit will join Russian forces in Donetsk Oblast next month.
According to reports, the secret clause allowed North Korea to send its first 1,000 soldiers to Ukraine in order to gain military training. The source told the WSJ that more North Korean troops will be deployed.
Kyrylo Budanov is the Ukraine’s chief of military intelligence. He revealed previously that there are close to 11,000 North Korean soldiers in Russia, and they will be ready for battle by November 1.
Park Sun-won is a member of the parliamentary intelligence committee. He said that signs of troops being trained in North Korea had been detected between September and October.
The 24-hour “I Want to Live”, hotline launched by Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence in September 2022, helps Russian soldiers willingly surrender their units or themselves to the Ukrainian Army.
Ivan Petrychak of the 24th Mechanized Brigade press service had said on national TV that the Russian military had breached the defenses, but there was no sign of the potential loss of the city.
According to reports, the secret clause allowed North Korea to send its first 1,000 soldiers to Ukraine in order to gain military training. The source told WSJ that more North Korean troops will be deployed.
Ukrainska Pravda reported on October 23 that Ruslan Muzychuk, a spokesperson for the National Guard of Ukraine, said that the troops had repelled 13 Russian attacks near the town Selydove located in the Donetsk Region over the last day.
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U.S. Defense secretary Lloyd Austin said that there is evidence of DPRK troops present in Russia.
After arriving at Tbilisi Airport on October 22 to cover the upcoming elections, Czech journalist Ray Baseley had his entry to Georgia denied without explanation.
Denys Shmyhal, the PM, said that “the funds will be used for important non-military spending.”
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The U.K. seeks partners to co-finance “hundreds” of additional naval drones, as well as surveillance cameras to protect Ukraine’s grain canal.
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Kyrylo Budanov, the chief of military intelligence, claimed that Russia’s support for nuclear capabilities includes technologies for smaller tactical weapons and submarine missile launch systems.
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“This is the wrong choice and does not advance peace.” The U.N. will only be damaged by this decision, according to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.
Jeffrey Pyatt said that the Biden administration will continue to tighten up the screws on Russia’s LNG imports.
This includes 1,460 casualties that Russian forces have suffered in the last day.
A U.S. intelligence officer said on October 22 that viral attacks against Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz were linked to Russian disinformation groups.
The Financial Times (FT), reported on October 22 that Turkey had quietly blocked the export to Russia of military goods of U.S. origin following a warning by Washington.
Radoslaw Sikorski, the Polish Foreign Minister, said on October 22 that “Russia is waging an hybrid war.” “It tries to sabotage Polish territory.”
According to the U.N. Population Fund, Ukraine has the lowest birth rate in Europe, and the number refugees has risen to 6.7 millions. The full-scale invasion scheduled for 2022 will only exacerbate the already grave decline.
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