(VOR News) – South Korea has urged Moscow to stop sending North Korean soldiers to fight in Ukraine after Seoul and Ukraine claimed North Korean commandos were training in Russia.

Monday’s South Korean foreign ministry statement said vice-foreign minister Kim Hong-kyun “strongly urged Russia to immediately withdraw North Korean soldiers and terminate their cooperation.”

Kim told Russia’s ambassador to Seoul, Georgy Zinoviev, that Russia-North Korea collaboration on military equipment and North Korean soldiers is a threat to international security and a violation of multiple UN security council resolutions and the UN charter.

NIS released satellite images of South Korea on Russian navy ships.

The NIS alleges 1,500 elite North Korean soldiers were trained in Russia. They received Siberian-style “fake identification cards” and Russian military outfits and weaponry. Future deployments were promised.

The Russian embassy in Seoul responded that Moscow’s partnership with Pyongyang was legal internationally and did not affect Seoul’s security. The Kremlin called North Korea’s potential deployments “contradictory” without addressing whether the troops had been sent to Russia.

We value the DPRK as a neighbor and partner. President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said Monday that “we are developing our relations in every area, and this is our sovereign right,” according to Interfax. “This cooperation is not intended for third countries; therefore, there is no need for concern.” “We’ll keep expanding this collaboration,” Peskov told reporters.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said he discussed the issue with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday. After their talk, Rutte said, “The deployment of North Korean troops to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine would constitute a substantial escalation.”

Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a mutual assistance provision in June that guaranteed “immediate military and other aid” in a crisis.

Ukrainian, US, and South Korean intelligence agencies say North Korea has supplied Russia with millions of artillery munitions, ballistic missiles, and rockets since the Kremlin invaded Ukraine in 2022. Seoul and Kyiv both claim that North Korean military officers are in eastern Ukraine to help deploy and monitor these assets.

Last week, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy disclosed that he was aware of 10,000 North Korean soldiers getting ready to ally with Russia. He stated to the reporters in Brussels, “We are aware that North Korea is preparing to dispatch 10,000 soldiers to engage in combat against us.” “This marks the beginning of a global conflict.”

Ukraine and South Korea’s claims scare Western capitals.

A senior NATO official said the alliance saw a few North Koreans in Russia who were presumably directing their weapons use in Ukraine. Their presence was smaller than Seoul or Kyiv claimed.

Go Myong-hyun, a senior fellow at Seoul’s state-affiliated Institute of National Security Strategy, determined that South Korea didn’t need to make inflated claims because it didn’t want to fight Russia over Ukraine.

He claimed that North Korean frontline soldiers would persuade South Korea to provide the Ukrainians direct access to deadly military equipment. Go says, “South Korea has long resisted this, but the time may be drawing near when Seoul’s threshold to start direct supplies is finally met.”

Monday’s Chinese foreign ministry response to the deployment inquiry directed “all parties” to “work towards de-escalating the situation” and seek a “political resolution.”

Analysts say Beijing fears being held responsible for a direct military intervention in Ukraine by North Korea and Russia. Analysts warn that Pyongyang’s engagement in one of Moscow’s wars and incitement of Russia’s opponents to retaliate against North Korea may lead to a Beijing-Pyongyang mutual defense contract.

SOURCE: FTN

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(VOR News) – On Sunday, a toddler was among the four Helicopter occupants killed in a crash in Houston, Texas. The four individuals inside the helicopter perished.

Mayor John Whitmire told reporters that a massive explosion happened after a chopper crashed into a communication tower behind houses in Houston’s Second Ward. The crash happened at about eight o’clock at night. The crash happened close to the intersection of Engelke Street and North Ennis Street, respectively.

He disclosed at the press conference that the explosion was audible at a fire station, which was located less than 0.5 miles from the scene of the incident. A fireball that lights up the night sky has been captured in dramatic videos that have been shared online and by local media. These movies show the exact moment of impact.

To yet, no official statement has been released disclosing the identities or ages of the individual victims.

The fire service said on X, “PIO is currently en route to a reported helicopter crash at Engelke & Ennis.”

The fire department supplied this information. Houston City Council member Mario Castillo said on X that the plane that went down in the Second Ward was a private touring helicopter rather than a Houston Police Department helicopter. Castillo stated this from Houston City Council’s point of view.

Witness Manuel Arciniega informed KPRC, “My companion behind me urged me to look up at the sky, and I observed the cell tower collapsing.” He was present during the incident. “I just witnessed the cell tower collapsing.” They asserted that it had been impacted by a chopper of some kind.

At that moment, Sam Elsaadi was dining on the patio of a local restaurant while observing the fall of the towering structure. Elsaadi, 42, is cited as stating, “I heard something that sounded like fireworks, and when I looked up, I saw the tower completely collapse and flame out,” in an interview with the New York Times.

As he drove to the scene of the crash, he noticed that the tower had left debris scattered over a large area and that the field’s grass was on fire. In addition, he could see that the grass was burning.

Law enforcement and fire officials have encouraged neighbors who live near the collision site to dial 911 right away if they discover anything on their property that might help with the investigation.

According to the mayor, Ellington Airport, which is 17 miles south of the scene, appears to be where the chopper took off.

The helicopter mayor, on the other hand, did not say where the plane was going.

In addition to saying, “The helicopter residents are secure and safe, but we have a terrible accident scene,” he also mentioned that power outages are occurring in a number of nearby residences. It seemed to him that the accident scene was horrifying.

Whitmire expressed his relief that the explosion was quite small, even though he had been worried about the possible consequences due to a butane tank nearby. He had previously been concerned about the outcomes that might occur.

Chief Noe Diaz of the Houston Police Department issued a request helicopter asking residents to avoid touching any airplane debris they may come across.

When dawn comes, you are kindly requested not to handle any airplane parts that you may come across. I appreciate your cooperation. Diaz recommended that we give 911 a call and provide us with information about where they are.

According to a statement issued by the fire department, the inquiry into the incident will be led by the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration. “It will be a thorough investigation due to the accident’s magnitude,” Diaz stated in his statement.

SOURCE: IN

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(VOR News) – Hurricane Oscar made landfall in the early hours of Sunday morning in the southeast region of the Bahamas. The hurricane tracked directly to this spot shortly after it came ashore.

The hurricane that was traveling that way had its goal of causing a significant loss of electricity in Cuba, and it had just done it. The island that was most vulnerable to danger in the area was Cuba.

The hurricane’s center made landfall on the island of Great Inagua, according to a warning released by the Miami-based National Center.

The hurricane center provides hurricane information.

The formation of an extremely dangerous storm surge is anticipated to transpire as a consequence of it. This storm surge has the potential to cause catastrophic coastal flooding not only in that area but also in other parts of the Southeastern Bahamas. The likelihood of obtaining precipitation from precipitation is between two and four inches, with some places possibly receiving as much as six inches.

Rainfall in eastern Cuba is expected to range from five to ten inches through Tuesday, with isolated areas perhaps receiving up to fifteen inches. This might indeed happen. This is a possibility that it will happen. The forecast will be used as the foundation for creating this prognosis.

Saturday saw the creation of Oscar off the coast of the Bahamas, encircling the Turks and Caicos islands to the south of the formation. This formation happened close to the Bahamas. Every one of these islands is located in the northern part of the formation.

This is unexpected, even though the National Hurricane Center had previously described the storm as “tiny.” The National Hurricane Center issued hurricane warnings for parts of the southeast Bahamas and Cuba on Sunday. Additionally, these cautions included Cuba.

While the storm’s sustained winds were estimated to reach speeds of up to 130 km/h (80 miles per hour), there were bursts of wind that were noticeably stronger.

Although they were consistently higher than the winds, the winds were still present. The most notable location of the organization was in the vicinity of Guantanamo, Cuba, which was located around 240 kilometers (150 miles) east-northeast of its heart.

Forecasters predicted a tropical storm to hit Guantanamo or Holguin, Cuba, on Sunday afternoon.

It was traveling westerly at a pace of 12 miles per hour (19 kilometers per hour) at the time this report was written. At the time of writing, this was the situation.

To put this into perspective, the biggest devastating blackout to hit Cuba in at least two years occurred last week, depriving millions of Cubans of electricity for two days.

Cuba is currently going through the process of getting over the terrible incident that happened. The hurricane is getting closer to Cuba even as this phrase is being typed. This reality is happening right now. The week prior, on Saturday, there was a partial restoration of the temporally stopped electricity service.

Philippe Papin of the National Hurricane Center was a little taken aback to learn that Oscar had strengthened into a hurricane on Saturday. He has to admit that the way Oscar turned into a hurricane surprised him. In his statement, Papin talked about Oscar’s appearance and said that it was a little unexpected.

And with regret, he said, “Unfortunately, the system managed to sneak up on us a little bit.” He felt quite let down. It was mentioned that he made this admission in his apology. In his message, Papin expressed his regret for the situation that had developed.

Only a few hours have passed since Tropical Storm Nadine started to form, and it is now situated off the coast of Mexico’s southern Caribbean. This event happened about the same time as it did. It finally transformed into a tropical depression as it moved across the terrain because it had crossed land.

SOURCE: AP

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