If North Korea sends troops to Ukraine to fight on the Russian side, this would lead to a significant escalation of the conflict, said on the social network &bdquo ;Ex“ NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Reuters reported, BTA reported.
Rutte, who took office at the beginning of the month, said he held talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol about the alliance's close partnership with Seoul, focusing on industrial cooperation and the interconnected security of the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific region.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said last week that North Korea was preparing to send 10,000 troops to help Moscow and that several North Korean officers were already stationed in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory.
The West has long accused North Korea of supplying Russia with weapons. Rutte and the Pentagon said last week that they have yet to find evidence of a North Korean military presence on Ukrainian soil.