About 10,000 North Korean soldiers are believed to be based in Russian border region of Kursk, says Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin, adding they are being 'integrated into the Russian formations'.
About 10,000 North Korean soldiers are believed to be based in Russia n border region of Kursk, says Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin, adding they are being "integrated into the Russia n formations".Ukraine claimed swathes of Kursk in August during a lightning offensive even as its troops were thinly stretched in the Donetsk region. / Photo: AP
"Based upon what they've been trained on, the way they've been integrated into the Russian formations, I fully expect to see them engaged in combat soon," Austin told reporters during a stopover in Pacific nation Fiji. Kiev has claimed that Moscow, alongside the North Korean soldiers, has now amassed a 50,000-strong force to wrest back parts of the border region seized by Ukrainian forces.
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