WSJ: North Korea sends top military general to russia
North Korea has sent Colonel General Kim Yong Bok, one of its top ten military leaders, to russia, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The main points of the article:
▫️ Colonel General Kim is tasked with integrating North Korean with the russians, gaining combat experience, and preparing mechanisms for future deployments of DPRK forces.
▫️ This move signals North Korea’s commitment to assisting russia beyond this year.
▫️ Colonel General Kim is among approximately 500 North Korean officers dispatched to russia.
▫️ russian forces have trained North Korean troops in key frontline tactics, including artillery, trench clearing, and drone use, aiding the DPRK in modernizing its military strategies.
▫️ Pyongyang has also begun supplying russia with M-1991 multiple launch rocket systems and M-1989 Koksan howitzers, reportedly intended for the kursk region, according to Andriy Kovalenko, an officer of the Ukrainain defense forces and head of the Center for Countering Disinformation.
This deepening military cooperation between two authoritarian regimes poses escalating threats not only to Ukraine but to global security as a whole.
