You can't hope for symmetry. A very powerful and united axis of evil is being built before the eyes of the whole world, against which the West can offer nothing but ridiculous statements and ineffective sanctions.
This was stated by Maxim Zhorin, who is the deputy commander of the Third Separate Assault Brigade of the ZSU, UNIAN agency reported.
The Ukrainian military commander sharply criticized the Western countries for the lack of reaction, while there is information that North Korea is already increasingly actively involved in the war against Ukraine on the side of the Russian aggressor.
According to Maxim Zhorin, Western countries very naively believe that the war will not catch up with them while an axis of evil, as he called it, is being formed.
North Korean citizens are actively serving in parts of the Russian armed forces, their number is believed to be around 3,000, Ukrinform reported.
The information was confirmed by sources in the Ukrainian intelligence agency. The soldiers were spotted in Russia's Bryansk and Kursk regions, possibly taking part in battles near the cities of Suja and Kursk.
V. "Ukrainian Pravda" reported earlier that a "special Buryat battalion" had been formed, including North Korean nationals. In addition, it is reported that 18 North Korean soldiers have deserted, BTA reported.
On October 13, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky noted that Russia is strengthening its alliances with regimes like North Korea's, moving beyond arms transfers to deploying North Korean soldiers in the Russian military.
Moscow and Pyongyang signed a strategic cooperation agreement during President Vladimir Putin's visit to the North Korean capital in June. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today that the mutual assistance clause was "fairly uncontroversial" and needs no clarification, in response to a question about whether this means that Russia could be drawn into a conflict on the Korean Peninsula or that North Korea could side with it in a conflict with the West.
The agreement "presupposes truly strategic deep cooperation in all areas, including security," Peskov stressed to the media.