Ukraine's Zelenskyy seeks strong reaction to North Korean involvement in war

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said connected Sunday helium was seeking a beardown absorption from countries who person acknowledged that North Korea is becoming much progressive successful Russia's much than 2-1/2-year-old warfare against Ukraine.

Speaking successful his nightly video address, Zelenskyy said determination was ample outer and video grounds that North Korea was sending not lone instrumentality to Russia, but besides soldiers to beryllium prepared for deployment.

"I americium grateful to those leaders and representatives of states who bash not adjacent their eyes and talk frankly astir this practice for the involvement of a larger war," helium said. "We expect a normal, honest, beardown absorption from our partners connected this."

Zelenskyy said greater North Korean engagement could lone beryllium harmful to everyone.

"Unfortunately, instability and threats tin importantly summation aft North Korea becomes trained for modern warfare," helium said.

"If the satellite remains soundless present and we person to prosecute soldiers from North Korea connected the beforehand enactment successful the aforesaid mode we person to support ourselves from (Iranian) Shahed drones, this volition surely payment nary 1 successful the satellite and lone prolong the war."

North Korea's actions, helium said, meant "in effect yet different state entering the warfare against Ukraine."

Zelenskyy past week accused North Korea of deploying officers alongside Russia and preparing to nonstop thousands of troops to assistance Moscow's warfare effort. South Korea's spy bureau said connected Friday North Korea had dispatched 1,500 peculiar forces troops to Russia's Far East for training.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said connected Saturday helium could not corroborate reports that North Korea has sent troops to Russia up of a imaginable deployment, but said specified a determination would beryllium concerning, if true. NATO main Mark Rutte said connected Thursday determination was nary grounds of Pyongyang's beingness astatine this stage.

The engagement of North Korean regular troops to enactment Russia's penetration of Ukraine would beryllium a superior escalation of the war, France and Ukraine's overseas ministers said astatine a associated property league successful Kyiv connected Saturday.