On the afternoon of the local time, in response to the South Korean Foreign Ministry's summoning of the Russian ambassador to South Korea to protest the dispatch of North Korean troops to Russia, the Russian Embassy in South Korea stated on its social media account that cooperation between Russia and North Korea is conducted within the framework of international law and does not violate South Korea's security interests.

It is reported that this is the first response from Russia after the South Korean National Intelligence Service publicly disclosed the news of North Korea sending troops to Russia.

On the local date, according to the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kim Hong-kyun, the First Vice Minister of the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, summoned the Russian Ambassador to South Korea in the afternoon at the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs to express protest over the issue of North Korea dispatching troops to Russia.