South Korea held a drill in response to North Korea’s artillery fire
| The South Korean army held a drill in the same area in response to North Korea's firing of more than 200 artillery shells towards the country's islands. |
According to the report of Fars International News Agency, following the firing of dozens of artillery shells by North Korea towards the South Korean islands in the Yellow Sea, the South Korean army started conducting military exercises in this area hours later. .
Yonhap news agency quoted South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) as reporting that the South Korean armed forces responded to North Korea’s shelling towards the islands of Yunpyong and Bang Nyongdo. They held exercises with live ammunition. According to Yonhap, marine units stationed on these islands participated in the exercise, and military units using self-propelled howitzer artillery. K9 shelled the nearby waters.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff reported a few hours ago that North Korea’s military fired more than 200 artillery shells directly at South Korean islands in the Yellow Sea. Is. South Korea has immediately ordered the evacuation of two islands at the request of the country’s army.
The reason for this action by North Korea is not yet clear, but Pyongyang has previously criticized the holding of joint exercises between Washington and Seoul had warned in the region and called it provocative.
America and South Korea have been holding a joint exercise on the Korean peninsula for the past week.
According to Sputnik, the program of these exercises included air strikes against simulated targets, tank shooting and air defense.
South Korean joint exercises It has been done with its ally America in the midst of tensions between the two Koreas and the threats of the two countries against each other. Kim Yong-ho, South Korea’s minister of unification with the northern neighbor, said on Tuesday, in response to the new statements of the North Korean leader, that with the help of the United States, he will create a stronger mechanism against the country’s military movements.
The leader North Korea warned on Thursday, December 30, that Pyongyang will not hesitate to launch a nuclear attack in case of provocative nuclear actions by its enemies. In the morning of Sunday, December 10, Kim Jong-un, while issuing the order to launch three military satellites in 2024, said that relations with South Korea have turned into relations between two hostile and warring countries.
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