NATO confirms that North Korea has sent troops to join Russia's war in Ukraine
NATO confirms that North Korea has sent troops to join Russia's war in Ukraine
NATO has confirmed that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia to aid in its war against Ukraine and that some have already been deployed in Russia’s Kursk region, where Russia is fighting a Ukrainian incursion.
NATO on Monday confirmed that North Korean troops have been sent to help Russia in its almost three-year war against Ukraine and said some have already been deployed in Russia's Kursk border region, where Russia has been struggling to push back a Ukrainian incursion.
"Today, I can confirm that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia, and that North Korean military units have been deployed to the Kursk region," NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte told reporters.
Rutte said the move represents "a significant escalation" in North Korea's involvement in the conflict and marks "a dangerous expansion of Russia's war."
Adding thousands of North Korean soldiers to Europe's biggest conflict since World War II will pile more pressure on Ukraine's weary and overstretched army. It will also stoke geopolitical tensions in the Korean Peninsula and the wider Indo-Pacific region, including Japan and Australia, Western officials say.
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And so it seems the escalation many worried would be the case has been confirmed. What a mess. I have a bad feeling about this.
Historians will probably name this escalation as the point where ww3 started. Even though it already has I guess, with all those proxy wars.
Honestly was thinking the same. Now we sit and wait for what the response will be... 😬