Volodymyr Zelensky. Photo: Office of the President

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky called on partners to put more pressure on Russia and provide greater support to Ukraine as the North Korean military is likely to enter war against Ukraine in the coming days.

Source: President's evening address

Quote from Zelenskyy: “Every day of war proves that Moscow is determined to continue its aggression. They (the Russians – editor’s note) don’t want anything else. And that's why they're trying to increase their weapons production, and that's why they're getting around that. And that's why they're increasingly looking at North Korea as an ally, and their soldiers could actually be forced to fight North Korea in Europe any day.

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These are conditions in which the lack of tougher decisions by partners to support Ukraine only encourages Putin to further invest in terror.

The world can prevent war from spreading. Abstractions and words are not enough. Concrete steps are required. We have planned all these steps in the victory plan. These steps will prevent those responsible for the war from becoming even more aggressive. We expect greater pressure on Russia. We expect more support for Ukraine. And it will be fair.

Details: Zelensky announced that next week would be a period of “very active cooperation with partners in support of our soldiers at the front and in the interest of our strategy to force Russia to end the war.”

“We are preparing to announce important signals of support (for Ukraine),” the president said.

Background:

• On October 8, South Korea's Defense Ministry said North Korea would likely send some of its regular forces to Ukraine to support Russia.
• On October 13, President Zelensky said that North Korea was supplying Russia not only with weapons but also military personnel and called on partners to increase aid to Ukraine.
• On October 17, Zelensky announced that Russia planned to enlist about 10,000 troops from North Korea in the war against Ukraine.
• On October 18, Ukraine's defense intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov confirmed that about 11,000 North Korean infantrymen are currently being trained in eastern Russia. They will be ready to take part in hostilities against Ukraine as early as November 1st.
• On Wednesday, South Korean intelligence reported that Pyongyang had sent 3,000 soldiers to Russia to support Russian forces in their war against Ukraine and was also trying to isolate the families of selected soldiers in a specific location to prevent the spread of information impede.
• The first North Korean military units trained at military training areas in eastern Russia have arrived in the war zone. They were spotted on October 23 in Kursk Oblast, Russia.

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