Ukrainian leader claims 10,000 troops from North Korea being prepared to fight for Russia
Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskiy gives a press conference on the sidelines of the EU summit in Brussels on Thursday. Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Ukrainian leader was speaking after addressing EU leaders at a summit in Brussels, where he presented his plan to put Ukraine in a strong position to try to force Russia to the negotiating table.
Mr Zelenskiy went into further detail about support North Korea is reportedly now providing Russia in its war with Ukraine. “We know about 10,000 soldiers of North Korea that they are preparing to send to fight against us,” he said. These forces would help fill a “gap” in the Russian army arising from losses suffered on the battlefield, he said.
Mr Zelenskiy said he understood there were some in the US who feared the expansion of Nato would risk “dragging” the country directly into a war. However, Mr Putin could not be allowed to be the one setting red lines for the international order, he said. There had been “positive signals” that western allies donating long range missiles would give Ukraine a free hand to use them to strike military targets deeper in Russian territory, he said.
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