The Biden administration said Thursday that it has information that some 8,000 North Korean soldiers are now in Russia’s Kursk region near Ukraine's border and preparing to help the Kremlin fight.
UNITED NATIONS — The Biden administration said Thursday that it has information that some 8,000 North Korean soldiers are now in Russia’s Kursk region near Ukraine's border and preparing to help the Kremlin fight against Ukrainian troops.In a dramatic moment during a U.N. Security Council meeting, the deputy U.S. ambassador to the United Nations , Robert Wood, asked for more time to add to earlier comments condemning the increasing military cooperation between Russia and North Korea.
Also Thursday, North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time in almost a year, demonstrating a potential advancement in its ability to launch long-range nuclear attacks on the mainland U.S. Some experts speculated that Russia may have provided technological assistance to North Korea over the launch.As the meeting in Washington was underway, the U.S.
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