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The leadership of South Korea is considering the possibility of sending a group of observers to Ukraine due to the transfer of soldiers from the DPRK to Russia.

Source: Reutersciting an unnamed representative of Yoon Suk-yeol, the president of South Korea

Details: According to an unnamed representative of the president, the consent of the National Assembly is not required to send observers if it is done for a specific purpose and for a limited period of time.

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The representative also told reporters that the DPRK military “has not yet fully engaged in combat against Ukrainian forces.”

Background:

• Ukrainian intelligence sources told for Financial Times that the first military clash between Ukrainian soldiers and North Korean troops took place in the Kursk region of Russia.
• Earlier, the Pentagon confirmed that North Korean troops arriving in Russia for training began moving to Kursk Oblast, with some of them. already present there. According to the latest US estimate, North Korea has sent approximately 10,000 soldiers to Russia for training and combat operations against Ukraine.
• CNN sources believe part of the North Korean military may already be in Ukraine.
• Defense Intelligence of Ukraine reported that in the last week of October, Russia deployed over 7,000 soldiers from the North Korean army in areas near Ukraine.
• Defense Minister of Ukraine Rustem Umierov confirmed that the first small-scale collision with North Korean troops took place on the Kursk front.

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