NATO confirmed on Monday that North Korean troops have been deployed to fight alongside their Russian counterparts in the Kursk region, the area within Russia where Ukraine has been waging an assault.
Kevin Shalvey and David BrennanThe U.S. has evidence that North Korean troops are in Russia, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed Wednesday.to fight alongside their Russian counterparts in the Kursk region, the area within Russia where Ukraine has been waging an assault.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, meanwhile, appeared to blame South Korea for the development, saying last week during a briefing that Seoul "should not have played along with the Kyiv regime." "What exactly they're doing" remains to be seen, Austin told journalists. But the defense secretary said there was "certainly" a "strengthened relationship, for lack of a better term, between Russia and DPRK."
Both Austin and Kirby suggested the use of Pyongyang's soldiers on the battlefield would be a sign of the military strain on Moscow.
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