Fears are growing around the mounting Korean involvement in Ukraine, with Kim Jong Un‘s sister blasting Kyiv and Seoul over their warnings about Pyongyang’s alleged interference in the war.

Kim Yo Jong, 37, accused ‘scum’ South Korea of infringing the sovereignty of her repressive ‘nuclear’ state with drone incursions, and dismissed Kyiv and Seoul as ‘bad dogs’ and ‘lunatics’ over allegations the North is preparing for war in Ukraine.

‘Seoul and Kyiv are exact counterparts in going about bagging and letting loose reckless remarks against nuclear weapons states at random without follow-up capability,’ she said. The comments came as new footage appeared to show North Korean troops on the ground in eastern Russia, amid intelligence assessments from Seoul and Kyiv that they would soon be deployed in Ukraine.

Seoul stood its ground, suggesting it could consider sending both defensive and offensive weapons to Ukraine, according to a senior presidential official speaking on condition of anonymity. The South Korean statement is apparently meant to pressure Russia not to bring in North Korean troops in its war against Ukraine. 

South Korean officials worry that Russia may reward North Korea by giving it sophisticated weapons technologies that can boost the North’s nuclear and missile programs that target South Korea. In an emergency National Security Council meeting, top South Korean officials condemned North Korea’s alleged dispatch of troops as ‘a grave security threat’ to South Korea and the international community.

They described North Korea as ‘a criminal group’ that forces its youths to serve as Russian mercenaries for an unjustifiable war, the South Korean presidential office said in a statement.

The officials agreed to take phased countermeasures, linking the level of their responses to progress in Russian-North Korean military cooperation, according to the statement.

Possible steps include diplomatic, economic and military options, and South Korea could consider sending weapons to Ukraine, a senior South Korean presidential official told reporters on condition of anonymity in a background briefing.

The official warned North Korea could attempt to get high-tech Russian technologies to perfect its nuclear missiles. 

The official said Russia’s possible help for North Korea’s efforts to modernise its outdated conventional weapons systems and acquire a space-based surveillance system would pose a serious security threat to South Korea as well.

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