North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pledged his continued support for Russia's “legitimate cause” in the war with Ukraine. Kim said that North Korean army and people will “encourage them to always support and encourage legitimate causes of the Russian military and people. Kim responds to trilateral military cooperation between the US, Japan and South Korea. He then repeated the country's “unwavering policies of a more highly developed nuclear force.” Ukrainian President Voldimiazelensky confirmed this week that North Korean forces have returned to the forefront of Russia's Kursk region. Last month, South Korea suspected that North Korea is preparing to send more troops to Russia, along with the roughly 11,000 soldiers sent to strengthen Moscow's troops in nearly three years of war. He said that.
British Foreign Secretary David Lamy said there will be no immediate end to the fight in Ukraine despite Donald Trump's promise to mediate a quick end to the conflict. “I don't know if we're a few weeks away from the peace talks, and I say our assessment is because we're confident that the US shares it. [Vladimir] Putin shows that he absolutely does not show negotiations or desire to end this war,” Ramie said after meeting Kiev's Zelensky and senior Ukrainian officials. British Prime Minister Kiel Starmer said the UK will “play a full role” in future security guarantees, but will send British troops to Ukraine to act as peacekeepers in the event of a ceasefire with Russia It has not ruled out that. But Ramie's debate with the European and G7 allies and what kind of guarantees will be needed could “still be run for a few months” and what role will the UK play? He said it was “premature” to predict this.
Russia has said it does not see any positive steps from the new US administration on disarmament, the RIA News Agency reports. In an interview, Russia's permanent representative of the United Nations, Jennady Gatyrov said that Russia is “prepared to maintain a smooth relationship of cooperation with the US administration.” “We are ready to do this within the framework of the Disarmament Conference. So far, we have not seen any positive progress in Geneva in this regard,” Gatyrov said.
Zelenskyy says in a post from X he met with the chairman of the NATO military committee to review the capabilities of Ukraine's long-range weapons. During his visit with Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, Zelenskyy confirmed that continued military aid from NATO members and direct investment in domestic production of long-range drones.
Russian communications cables in the Baltic Sea were damaged by “external influences,” Russian state media news agency TASS reported. The country's state-owned Rostelecom company said the restoration work was ongoing, but no further details were provided and it is unclear when the damage occurred. The Baltic region has been strongly wary after a series of outages affecting power cables, communications links and gas pipelines between Baltics and Sweden or Finland, leading to an increase in surveillance work by NATO members. It was all thought to be caused by ships that dragged their anchors along the seabed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia denied involvement.
