Lloyd Austin said deployment near Ukraine border was dangerous and destabilising development
North Korean troops wearing Russian uniforms and carrying Russian equipment are moving to the Russian region of Kursk, near Ukraine, according to the US defence secretary,. The US and South Korea said some of the North Korean troops are heading to Kursk, on the border with Ukraine, where the Kremlin’s forces haveAustin said “the likelihood is pretty high” that Russia will use the North Korean troops in combat.
The US has estimated there are about 10,000 North Korean troops now in Russia. Seoul and its allies, however, assess that the number dispatched to Russia has increased to 11,000, according to a senior South Korean presidential official, who spoke on condition of anonymity during a background briefing.A Ukrainian official told the Associated Press that North Korean troops are now stationed 30 miles away from the Ukrainian border with Russia.
North Korea has also provided munitions to Russia. Earlier this month, the White House released images it said were of North Korea shipping 1,000 containers of military equipment to Russia by rail.
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