S Korean intelligence says North is sending troops to aid Russia's war

South Korean intelligence has found that North Korea has dispatched 12000 troops including special operation forces to support Russias war against Ukraine news reports said FridayYonhap news agency cited the National Intelligence Service as that the North Korean troops have already left the countryThe NIS didnt immediately confirm the report but South Koreas presidential office said in a statement that President Yoon Suk Yeol had presided over an emergency meeting earlier Friday to discuss North Koreas troop dispatch to Ukraine The statement said participants of the meeting agreed that North Koreas troop dispatch poses a grave security threat to South Korea and the international communityBut the presidential office gave no further details like when and how many North Korean soldiers have been sent to Ukraine and what roles they are expected to playUkrainian media reported earlier this month that six North Koreans were among those killed after a Ukrainian missile strike in the partially occupied eastern Donetsk region on Oct 3On Thursday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his government has intelligence that 10000 troops from North Korea are being prepared to join Russian forces fighting against his country warning that a third nation wading into the hostilities could turn the conflict into a ldquoworld warrdquo ldquoFrom our intelligence weve got information that North Korea sent tactical personnel and officers to Ukrainerdquo Zelenskyy told reporters at NATO headquarters ldquoThey are preparing on their land 10000 soldiers but they didnt move them already to Ukraine or to Russiardquo NATO SecretaryGeneral Mark Rutte said the western alliance ldquohave no evidence that North Korean soldiers are involved in the fight But we do know that North Korea is supporting Russia in many ways weapons supplies technological supplies innovation to support them in the war effort And that is highly worryingrdquo The US South Korea and their partners have accused North Korea of supplying Russia with artillery shells missiles and other equipment to help fuel its war on Ukraine Outside officials and experts say North Korea in exchange possibly received badly needed food and economic aid and technology assistance aimed at upgrading Kims nucleararmed military Both Moscow and Pyongyang have repeatedly denied the existence of an arms deal between the countriesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever