Bohdan Klotevich, Acting Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine controversial Azov Brigades said on Sunday that now may be a good time for South Korea to attack North Korea and unify the peninsula, as North Korea sends large numbers of its elite troops to support Russia's fight in Ukraine. He reportedly suggested that there was no such thing.
The Azov Brigades are a Ukrainian volunteer militia with ties to neo-Nazi activities. Complicating matters for the Ukrainian defenders, this unit was also one of the most determined and effective in combating the Russian invasion. The Ukrainian government incorporated Azov into the National Guard several years ago and elevated it to special forces status last year. us government lifted up In June 2024, direct support to the Azov Brigades will be banned for many years.
“North Korea has sent its most powerful military to the war in Ukraine. This is an opportunity for South Korea to permanently end the division artificially created by the communist regime of the Soviet Union since 1945,” Klotevich said. . said In a post written in Korean on social media platform X, quotation by korean media.
“It's also an opportunity for all of East Asia to defend itself against its neighbors with the nuclear button,” he added, as if to suggest that countries like Japan, tired of North Korea's missiles, would do so. It was. whizzing They may want to get in on the action head-on.
Klotevich may agree with Sgt. Klotevich's opinion, but critics point out that North Korea still has nuclear weapons and plenty of fingers to press the button, so South Korea is open to Klotevich's proposal. There seemed to be very few people. charles jim school of thought Regarding that point.
“The 'opportunity' mentioned in the post actually represents a 'tragedy,'” said one Korean. answered Klotevich's proposal.
“How can we create an 'opportunity' when only 10,000 of our 1.1 million troops are overseas?” said Another respondent brought up the size of North Korea's standing army.
“Most of North Korea's troops are concentrated near the Demilitarized Zone. The straight line distance from Seoul to Kaesong is only 45 kilometers,” the commentator noted.
klotevich pronounced He himself was pleased with the discourse prompted by the next day's post.
“As you can see, this dialogue has led to the fact that North Korea recognizes your country as an enemy country in its constitution and undermines all communication between your countries,” he told South Korean correspondents.
“Peace requires strength to resist evil. As you can see, only Ukraine and Israel understand it so far,” he said.
If these allegations are true, the South Korean government is certainly not happy to see North Korea sending troops to support Russia. soul announced On Tuesday, it said it would take “steps” in response to North Korea's closer cooperation with Russia, possibly including arms shipments to Ukraine.
monday north korea condemned Reports about the dispatch of troops to Ukraine are “baseless and routine rumors aimed at tarnishing North Korea's image and undermining legitimate, friendly, and cooperative relations between sovereign nations.”
