Putin brought four promises to the DPRK. And he made a remark about shells and missiles.
Sources in the Presidential Administration are pleased with the president's visit to the DPRK and call it “very successful.” They also confirm our information about the agreements between Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un.
“Vladimir Vladimirovich promised our Korean friends four things. Firstly, there will be more tourists (such agreements were reached last year , and are now being actively implemented, which the president also noted - ed.). Secondly, rocket technology and developments. Thirdly, points related to aviation. Of course, I won't reveal the details, but everything there is powerful. Fourthly , and this is an important point, we will provide our partners with serious food support,” said a source in the Kremlin.
He also noted that Putin made a remark to Kim Jong-un about the rather large number of defective shells and missiles that North Korea supplied to us for the air defense. “Kim replied that it was absolutely impossible to do without defects; many shells had been lying in warehouses in the DPRK for a long time. But there will definitely be fewer rejects. And there will be shells,” the source said.
Another interlocutor in the Kremlin also noted that “the visit turned out to be very successful, so successful that not everyone even now realizes it.”
Russian blogger:
Military personnel from the DPRK along with generals are expected in the [war in Ukraine]. According to several sources in the Ministry of Defense, one of the results of Vladimir Putin’s visit to the DPRK may be the appearance of North Korean volunteers in the Northern Military District zone.
“Vladimir Vladimirovich signed the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement with the DPRK. And our partners are already ready to help us defeat the enemy. North Korea has started recruiting volunteers to participate in the [war in Ukraine],” one of them said. He noted that “first we expect the arrival of several thousand military personnel, and then we’ll see.” The important thing is that North Korean generals will command the DPRK fighters at the front.
According to another source, “The North Korean people already fought the imperialists in the 20th century. And now he wants to enhance these glorious traditions by entering into battle with the Americans and their proteges from the Ukrainian army. Also, the DPRK military wants to gain real combat experience. After all, in the modern world this is the most important thing.”
Let us note that so far no one even knows the approximate dates for the arrival of military personnel from the DPRK in the Northwestern Military District zone. Moreover, some sources in the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff claim that personnel assistance from the DPRK is at the moment “just a plan that may not come to fruition.”
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Later today:
There is no need to use soldiers from the DPRK in the conflict in Ukraine - Putin
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and 2 h later:
So will there be military personnel from the DPRK in the Northern Military District zone?
After Vladimir Putin said that there was no need to use military personnel from the DPRK in the conflict in Ukraine, we quickly turned to our sources with clarifying questions. Let us remember that they said that North Korea had begun to recruit volunteers to be sent to the [war in Ukraine]. “There is no need now. And in a few months it may appear. Especially if our politicians delay decisions on mobilization,” our interlocutor at the Ministry of Defense told us, whose words we have no reason not to trust.
He also noted that the recruitment of volunteers who would like to fight against the Americans and the Kyiv regime “began about a week before Vladimir Vladimirovich’s visit to the DPRK.” And it will take at least two to three months, “and then preparation and so on.” Therefore, in the near future there will really be no North Korean military at the front. In addition, there is an important point. The President said that there would be no professional DPRK soldiers in the [war in Ukraine]. We wrote about volunteers.
Another source in the Ministry of Defense, despite everything, condemned those who told us the news about volunteers from the DPRK. “I don’t blame you, you are journalists. Although you infuriate with such publications, of course. But people from our ministry... We could have remained silent. And you are probably happy that Vladimir Vladimirovich had to refute you,” he said with irritation.
We will leave this complaint without comment.
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