NATO chief confirms presence of North Korean troops in Russia’s Kursk

“The deepening subject practice betwixt Russia and North Korea is simply a menace to some Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic security,” Rutte told reporters aft NATO officials received a briefing from a South Korean delegation.

The recently stationed soldiers are apt to beryllium from the Special Operations Force—North Korean army’s astir diligent radical arsenic per the Atlantic.

What is North Korea doing doing astatine Russia border?

After the Ukrainian subject captured parts of Kursk successful August, South Korea and Ukraine claimed that the North Korean forces are being sent to retake the portion successful occidental Russia, arsenic per the Council connected Foreign Relations. 

Rutte said the North Korean deployment represented “a important escalation” of Pyongyang’s engagement successful “Russia’s amerciable war”.

The NATO main further said that it was a breach of the UN Security Council resolutions and a “dangerous expansion” of the war.

“Over 600,000 Russian soldiers person been killed oregon wounded successful Putin’s warfare and helium is incapable to prolong his battle connected Ukraine without overseas support,” Rutte added.

What does Russia person to say?

While the Kremlin has dismissed reports astir a North Korean unit deployment portion calling it “fake news”, Putin connected Thursday did not contradict the development. The Russian President said that it was Moscow’s interior concern to instrumentality a concern pact with Pyongyang. Meanwhile, a North Korean typical to the UN successful New York called the reports “groundless rumours.”

With inputs from Reuters