Russian envoy says North Korea could send workers to breakaway Ukrainian states

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Russian envoy says North Korea could send workers to breakaway Ukrainian states

Suggested cooperation between DPRK and Moscow-backed Donbas republics would undermine UN sanctions, some experts say

Chad O'Carroll July 19, 2022

Russian envoy says North Korea could send workers to breakaway Ukrainian states

Russian Ambassador to the DPRK Alexander Matsegora meets with North Korean vice foreign minister Im Chon Il in Pyongyang | Image: Russian Embassy in the DPRK (July 14, 2022)

North Korea could help two breakaway republics in eastern Ukraine by sending workers to help with reconstruction, Russia’s ambassador to the DPRK has said, despite U.N. sanctions that forbid such activities.

Pyongyang recognized the Moscow-backed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) last week in a move that Kyiv swiftly condemned, leading to angry exchanges between the Ukrainian and DPRK foreign ministries.

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Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.

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