Keir Starmer believes that “Russia is weakening” considering that “the war is taking up 40% of its budget” and that last month it suffered the highest number of casualties to date.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated this Friday that if the presence of North Korean troops in Russia to reinforce its army is confirmed, it would demonstrate Moscow’s “level of desperation” in its war against Ukraine.
“Russia is weakening”added Keir Starmer, after a meeting in Berlin with the leaders of France, Germany and the United States, insisting that the The allies remain “absolutely determined” to accelerate support for kyiv.
“While the situation is incredibly difficult, it is also true that Russia is weakening. This war is absorbing 40% of your budget. “Last month, Russia suffered the highest number of daily victims so far,” he stressed.
On Thursday, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky denounced the presence of 10,000 North Korean soldiers on their way to Russia to fight in Ukraine and reinforce Russian positions.
That day NATO did not comment, but South Korea advanced during the night with information that North Korean soldiers were preparing to leave for Russian territory.
On Friday, South Korea’s secret services said that North Korean troops, consisting of 12,000 soldiers, deployed to help Russia in the war in Ukraine are stationed at military bases in the Russian Far East and are expected to be sent into combat after of training.
HE Level of military collaboration between Moscow and Pyongyang, reinforced during the visit of the Russian president.Vladimir Putin, in June, has been a recurring cause of suspicion in Western capitals, since Russia is one of the few countries in the world that maintains relations with the secret regime of Kim Jong-Un.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, with the argument of protecting the pro-Russian separatist minorities in the east and “denazifying” the neighboring country, independent since 1991 – after the disintegration of the former Soviet Union – and which has been moving away. of Moscow’s space of influence and get closer to Europe and the West.
HE The war in Ukraine has already claimed tens of thousands of lives on both sides, and recent months have been marked by large-scale Russian airstrikes on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.while kyiv forces have been targeting targets in Russian territory close to the border and on the Crimean peninsula, illegally annexed in 2014.
Already in the third year of the war, the Ukrainian Armed Forces faced a lack of soldiers, weapons and ammunition, despite repeated promises of help from Western allies, which began to materialize.
Negotiations between the two sides have been completely blocked since spring 2022, as Moscow continues to demand that Ukraine accept the annexation of part of its territory and refuse to negotiate while Ukrainian forces control the Russian Kursk region, partially occupied in August.
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Source: Observadora
