On the 5th, when North Korea conducted artillery fire in the West Sea and an evacuation order for residents of Yeonpyeong Island was issued, a K1E1 tank of the Northwestern Island Unit is conducting maritime shooting training in Baengnyeong Island. / Provided by Ministry of National Defense
Regarding the naval firing near the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the West Sea on the 5th, North Korea said, “It was a response to South Korea’s military action,” and added, “The concepts of nation and compatriot have already been erased from our perception.”
According to the Korean Central News Agency, the North Korean Army’s General Staff said, “We mobilized 47 artillery pieces and conducted maritime live-fire shooting training in five areas with 192 shells,” and added, “The direction of maritime live-fire firing will not have an indirect effect on Baengnyeong Island and Yeonpyeong Island.” “I don’t,” he said.
North Korea said, “The claim by the South Korean military thugs that they fired coastal artillery fire into the waters north of Baengnyeong Island and Yeonpyeong Island, which are said to be some kind of maritime buffer zone in the West Sea, is a completely far-fetched claim designed to mislead public opinion,” adding, “The evacuation and counter-shooting were also a result of our military’s actions.” “It is a common tactic to place responsibility for the escalation of the situation on training,” he said.
The North Korean military said of this maritime shooting exercise, “It is a natural response action of our military to the military actions of South Korean military gangsters who have carried out large-scale artillery fire and maneuver training,” and “We must not bring disaster upon ourselves.”
He continued, “If the enemy carries out an action that could be a provocation under the pretext of a so-called response, our military will show an unprecedented and strong response,” adding, “The concepts of nation and compatriot have already been erased from our perception.” .
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Previously, the Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that North Korea fired approximately 200 artillery shells over a period of about two hours from 9:00 to 11:00 that day. Accordingly, an evacuation order was issued for residents on Yeonpyeong Island, Ongjin-gun, Incheon, ahead of our military shooting training. Incheon Metropolitan City sent an evacuation text message to Baengnyeong-myeon, Daecheong-myeon, and Yeonpyeong-myeon in Ongjin-gun and announced, “Residents are requested to evacuate safely to nearby evacuation shelters and refrain from outdoor activities during the shooting training.”
In response to North Korea’s maritime firing near the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the West Sea, our military fired 400 shells, twice the 200 shells fired by North Korea.
2024-01-05 11:58:00
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