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NATO warns of a wider threat from cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang
2024-11-07 22:55:27 / BOTA
NATO chief Mark Rutte said on Thursday that North Korea's military cooperation with Russia against Ukraine is a threat that extends beyond Europe and must be dealt with collectively.
"This role of North Korea is basically an example of how China, North Korea, Russia and Iran cooperate with each other. This is increasingly a threat, not only to the European part of NATO, but also to the United States, because Russia is supplying North Korea with the latest military technology in exchange for Pyongyang's help in the war against Ukraine. , Mr Rutte told reporters ahead of a meeting with European leaders in Budapest.
Secretary Rutte said that if Russia succeeds in Ukraine, it will become bolder and better equipped, posing a greater threat to NATO's border and to the United States.
The NATO leader said he was looking forward to discussing with members of Mr Trump's new administration how to "collectively deal with threats and maintain security in our part of the world".
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol told a press conference Thursday in Seoul that his government will "gradually modify our support strategy in stages" depending on North Korea's level of involvement in Russia's war against Ukraine .
"This means that we are not ruling out the possibility of providing weapons," Mr. Yoon said.
South Korean and US officials have said North Korea has deployed more than 10,000 troops to Russia's Kursk region.
On Wednesday, the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven most developed countries, along with South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, issued a joint statement expressing "serious concerns" over North Korea's "direct support about Russia's aggression against Ukraine".
"We condemn in the strongest possible terms the increased military cooperation between North Korea and Russia, including North Korea's arms exports and Pyongyang's illegal procurement of ballistic missiles in violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions. the UN, as well as Russia's use of these missiles and munitions against Ukraine," the ministers said, warning that this could dangerously widen the conflict, which could have consequences serious for Europe and security in the Indo-Pacific region.
They also expressed serious concern about the possible transfer of nuclear or missile technology from Russia to North Korea.
Ukrainian officials reported damage to residential buildings Thursday from Russian drone strikes.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a post on the Telegram social network that the Russian attack damaged houses and residential buildings in five districts of the Ukrainian capital.
Serhii Popko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, said that Ukrainian air defense shot down dozens of drones over the Kyiv region and that two people were injured in the attacks.
In southern Ukraine's Odesa region, Governor Oleh Kiper said Thursday that falling debris from downed drones damaged several buildings and injured one person.
Serhiy Lysak, the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, announced in a Telegram post that Russian drone strikes damaged five houses overnight, but no one was injured.
Officials in Cherkasy, Kherson and Mykolaiv also said Thursday that air defenses shot down Russian drones in their regions.
Russia's Defense Ministry said it destroyed two Ukrainian drones over Voronezh, where officials said there were no reports of material damage or casualties./ VOA
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