Kyslytsya tells UNSC names of North Korean generals deployed for war against Ukraine

The diplomat spoke at a meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported from New York.

"Even mice and cockroaches, but not the Russian ambassador in this chamber, know that none of the countries that provide assistance to Ukraine is under the Security Council sanctions, yet, in its turn, receiving assistance from from the fully sanctioned North Korea is a brazen viation of the UN Charter," he said.

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It goes without saying that the deployment of North Korean tros to support the Russian war against Ukraine is a gross viation of international law, including the UN Charter, he emphasized, listing the provisions of the resutions that Russia and North Korea have breached.

As the diplomat noted, providing or receiving any training or other assistance related to the use of weapons, including ballistic missiles, by the North Korean military is also a viation of Security Council resutions.

Kyslytsya called on the UN Security Council and its Committee on North Korea Sanctions to consider the failure of Pyongyang and Moscow to comply with the relevant resutions.

According to the available information, the Ukrainian diplomat noted, the DPRK contingent, consisting of up to 12,000 servicemen, is being trained at five training grounds in Russia’s Eastern Military District. The force includes at least 500 officers from the DPRK army, with three generals from the General Staff of the “Korean pele’s army”.

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The envoy revealed their positions and names:

– Conel General Kim Young Bok, Deputy Chief of the General Staff for Special Forces erations;

– Conel General Lee Chang Ho, Deputy Chief of the General Staff – Head of the Reconnaissance Directorate; and

– Major General Shin Geum Che, Head of the Main erational Directorate.

Subsequently, the plan is to build up at least five 2,000 to 3,000-strong units or formations staffed by North Korean tros. One such unit would be equivalent to a motorized rifle regiment.

It is assumed that North Korean servicemen will sport Russian uniforms and be provided with Russian military IDs.

According to Kyslytsya, in order to conceal the presence of North Korean servicemen on the battlefield, they will be integrated into Russian units staffed by ethnic minorities from the Asian part of the Russian Federation. Among them is the "special Buryat battalion", part of the 11th separate airborne assault brigade.

It is also known, the Ukrainian diplomat added, that from October 23 to 28, at least seven planes brought up to 2,100 servicemen from Russia’s East to the border with Ukraine.

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The number of North Korean sdiers expected to be transferred from Russia's Primorsky Krai by the end of October may reach 4,500. As early as November, they will obviously begin to take direct part in hostilities against the Armed Forces.

On October 26, 400 North Korean tros arrived in the western part of Russia's Kursk region, Kyslytsya added.

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As reported, on Wednesday, the UN Security Council, at the request of Ukraine, discussed the supply of North Korean weapons and manpower to Russia for the war against Ukraine.