INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The United States said for the first time on Wednesday that it had seen evidence that North Korea has sent 3,000 troops to Russia for
Russia in Ukraine, as Kyiv has alleged
spokesperson John Kirby said the United States believes at least 3,000 North Korean troops are undergoing training at three military bases
in eastern Russia.The United States determined the North Korean soldiers were transported by ship in early-to-mid October from North
member of a parliamentary intelligence committee, said after the briefing.The Ukraine conflict broke out when Russia invaded its neighbor in
February 2022 and has since developed into a war of attrition largely fought along front lines in eastern Ukraine, with huge numbers of
casualties on both sides.The United States said the alleged North Korean deployment could be further evidence that the Russian military was
have also denied weapons transfers, but they have pledged to boost military ties and signed a mutual defense treaty at a summit in June.The
Russia by ship and they were likely to be deployed for combat in the war in Ukraine after training and acclimatization.Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskiy has also accused Pyongyang of preparing to send 10,000 soldiers to Russia
North Korean deployment to Russia, a NATO spokesperson said.A Biden administration official said Moscow might send the North Koreans to
eastern Ukraine or to its own Kursk region, where Russian troops have been fighting to dislodge Ukrainian forces holding a chunk of
territory that they seized in an incursion that began in August.Mike Turner, the chair of the United States House of Representatives
intelligence committee, said in a statement that United States President Joe Biden should allow Kyiv to respond with United States
added.Families IsolatedLee Seong-kweun, a lawmaker on the South Korean committee, said Pyongyang authorities had tried to keep news of the
the agency confirmed that Russia had recruited a large number of interpreters for the North Korean soldiers, while training them in the use
Russia, warning that it may consider supplying lethal weapons to Ukraine if military ties between them went too far.Source:
