SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s nationwide safety adviser Shin Gained-sik stated Russia has supplied North Korea with anti-air missiles and air defence tools in return for sending troops to assist Moscow in its struggle towards Ukraine.
In an interview with South Korean broadcaster SBS aired on Friday, Shin stated Russia had given North Korea financial and navy expertise assist, when requested what Pyongyang stood to achieve from dispatching its troops to Russia.
“It is understood that North Korea has been provided with related equipment and anti-aircraft missiles to strengthen Pyongyang’s weak air defence system,” Shin stated.
Pyongyang additionally seems to have been given navy expertise by Russia to assist its satellite tv for pc program following its failed try and launch a spy satellite tv for pc earlier this yr, he stated.
South Korean lawmakers stated this week that round 10,900 North Korean troops had been deployed to Kursk as a part of Russia’s airborne and marine items dealing with Ukrainian forces. A few of these items had already participated in battles, stated the lawmakers, who have been citing a briefing by South Korea’s spy company.
