north korea's possible deployment of battlefields this week...the government is taking a step-by-step action.

[Anchor]
Amid the prospect of an imminent deployment of North Korean troops to Russia, some say that they will be deployed to combat Ukraine within this week.The Korean government, which predicted a 'phased response' of

, sent a delegation to NATO, and attention is focused on the timing of providing weapons of destruction.

Reporter Hong Sun-ki reports.

[Reporter]
There are circumstances that the North Korean military, which was in adaptation training in eastern Russia, has moved to the west, where the battlefield is located.

Amid the observation that the North Korean military's deployment to the battlefield is imminent, the prospect of participating in actual combat within this week is growing.

Russian military communications captured in Ukraine are also increasing information on such North Korean military movements.

[Russians: Who are you giving guns and ammunition to? From what I've heard, that bloody battalion.]

As the North Korean military moves faster, the South Korean government's response, which foretold a "step-by-step response," is also taking shape.

First of all, our delegation, headed by the first deputy director of the National Intelligence Service, was dispatched to NATO.

On the 28th, local time, the delegation will share the trend of sending North Korean troops at the board of directors of 32 NATO member countries.

[Cho Han-beom / Chair Researcher at the Korea Institute for National Unification: (We) have a lot of information and know-how about the North Korean military, so NATO or Ukraine may be interested in various information about the dispatched People's Army.]

In the event of actual fighting, it is reported that the government is also considering sending a monitoring team to understand the North Korean military's tactics.

The core of the Korean government's step-by-step response is when to provide weapons of destruction to Ukraine.

[President / Last 24th: We had the principle of not supplying weapons of killing directly, but we can be more flexible in that regard according to the activities of the North Korean military]

Russia, which is still sensitive, is likely to strongly protest if actual support is provided, and North Korea is expected to respond the same way.

In the end, it seems highly likely that the North Korean military will actually participate in the battle and its aftermath, and then decide in close coordination with the international community.

This is YTN Hong Seon-gi.