新湖畔网 （随信APP) | 朝鲜联合国代表否认朝鲜向俄罗斯派遣了军队

一名男子走过首尔街头展示的报纸，上面报道了朝鲜决定向俄罗斯派遣数千名士兵的消息 - 版权AFP/法新社安东尼·沃尔斯

一名朝鲜驻联合国代表周一表示，朝鲜并未向俄罗斯派遣军队以帮助莫斯科对抗乌克兰，否定了首尔的说法是“毫无根据的谣言”。

首尔的间谍机构上周表示，平壤派遣了“大规模”的军队前往帮助其盟友，声称已有1,500名特种部队在俄罗斯远东地区进行训练，并准备很快前往乌克兰战线。

“至于所谓与俄罗斯的军事合作，我代表团对这种毫无根据的老生常谈谣言不感兴趣，”一名朝鲜代表在联合国大会期间的一个委员会会议上表示。

该代表告诉在纽约举行的周一晚会议，首尔的说法“旨在抹黑朝鲜民主主义人民共和国形象，并破坏两个主权国家之间的正当、友好和合作关系”。

自二战后朝鲜建国以来，平壤和莫斯科一直是盟友，并在俄罗斯2022年入侵乌克兰后变得更加密切，首尔和华盛顿长期以来一直声称金正恩一直在向乌克兰提供武器。

朝鲜官方媒体尚未对所谓的军队部署发表评论。

俄罗斯也没有确认军队部署，但辩护了其与朝鲜的军事合作。

首尔召见驻韩俄罗斯大使抗议后，该大使“强调俄罗斯与朝鲜的合作…并非针对韩国安全利益”。

北约和美国都没有确认这次部署，但都将其视为长期进行的乌克兰冲突可能危险升级。

“我们看到了有关朝鲜已派遣部队并准备派遣额外士兵到乌克兰与俄罗斯作战的报告，”美国驻联合国大使罗伯特·伍德告诉安理会。

“如果属实，这标志着一种危险和令人极为担忧的局面，并明显加深了朝-俄军事关系，”伍德说。

美国及其盟友已表示担忧朝鲜向入侵乌克兰的俄罗斯提供武器。

据韩联社报道，韩国政府正在考虑派遣一个人团队到乌克兰监视被部署的朝鲜军队，引用了一位政府消息人士的话。

根据消息人士称，如果部署，该团队可能由情报部门的军事人员组成，以分析朝鲜战场战略并参与审问任何被俘战俘。

韩联社还报道称，一个亲俄电报账号发布了一张照片，显示了俄罗斯和朝鲜国旗并排在乌克兰战场上。

A man walks past a newspaper displayed on a street in Seoul on October 21 with coverage on North Korea's decision to deploy thousands of soldiers to Russia - Copyright AFP/File Anthony WALLACE

North Korea has not sent troops to Russia to help Moscow fight Ukraine, one of its United Nations representatives said Monday, dismissing Seoul’s claims as “groundless rumor”.

Seoul’s spy agency said Friday that Pyongyang sent a “large-scale” troop deployment to help its ally, claiming that 1,500 special forces were already training in Russia’s Far East and ready to head soon for the frontlines of the Ukraine war.

“As for the so-called military cooperation with Russia, my delegation does not feel any need for comment on such groundless stereotyped rumors,” a North Korean representative said at a committee meeting during the UN General Assembly.

Seoul’s claims were “aimed at smearing the image of the DPRK and undermining the legitimate, friendly and cooperative relations between two sovereign states,” the representative told the meeting, held late Monday in New York.

Pyongyang and Moscow have been allies since North Korea’s founding after World War II, and have drawn even closer since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, with Seoul and Washington long claiming that Kim Jong Un has been sending weapons for use in Ukraine.

North Korean state media have not commented on the purported troop deployment.

Russia has also not confirmed the troop deployment, but defended its military cooperation with the North.

After Seoul summoned Moscow’s ambassador in South Korea to complain, the envoy “stressed that cooperation between Russia and North Korea… is not directed against the interests of South Korea’s security.”

Neither NATO nor the United States have confirmed the deployment, but both have cast it as a potentially dangerous escalation in the long-running Ukraine conflict.

“We have seen reports the DPRK has sent forces and is preparing to send additional soldiers to Ukraine to fight alongside Russia,” Robert Wood, US ambassador to the United Nations, told the Security Council.

“If true, this marks a dangerous and highly concerning development and an obvious deepening of the DPRK-Russia military relationship,” Wood said.

The United States and its allies have already voiced concern about North Korea providing weapons to Russia, which invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

On Tuesday, the Yonhap agency reported that the South Korean government is considering sending a team of personnel to Ukraine to monitor North Korean troops being deployed, citing a government source.

According to the source, if deployed the team will likely consist of military personnel from intelligence divisions to analyze North Korean battlefield strategies and participate in interrogating any captured prisoners of war.

Yonhap also reported that a pro-Russia Telegram account posted a photo showing the Russian and North Korean flags side by side on a Ukrainian battlefield.