US must weigh 'military action against' North Korean forces if invading Ukraine: House intel chair Turner

If North Korean troops invade Ukraine, America indispensable "seriously consider" engaging successful subject enactment against them, House Permanent Select Committee connected Intelligence seat Rep. Mike Turner said successful a connection issued Wednesday.

"If North Korean troops were to invade Ukraine's sovereign territory, the United States needs to earnestly see taking nonstop subject enactment against the North Korean troops," the Ohio Republican asserted.

Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin has said that determination is grounds North Korean troops are contiguous successful Russia.

NORTH KOREAN TROOPS DEPLOYED TO RUSSIA

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks astatine the Hennadii Udovenko Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine astatine the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine connected Oct. 21, 2024 successful Kyiv, Ukraine. (Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

"We measure that betwixt aboriginal to mid-October, North Korea moved astatine slightest 3,000 soldiers into eastbound Russia. We measure that these soldiers traveled by vessel from the Wonsan country successful North Korea to Vladivostok, Russia," White House nationalist information communications advisor John Kirby said.

"These soldiers past traveled onward to aggregate Russian subject grooming sites successful eastbound Russia, wherever they are presently undergoing training," helium continued. 

Kirby said that the U.S. does not cognize whether the North Korean troops volition combat alongside Russian forces, but described the imaginable arsenic "a highly concerning probability."

SOUTH KOREA DEMANDS WITHDRAWAL OF NORTH KOREAN TROOPS ALLEGEDLY HELPING RUSSIA FIGHT UKRAINE

Rep. Mike Turner, president of the House Permanent Select Committee connected Intelligence, R-Ohio, during a property league of members of the US Congress delegation connected July 1, 2024, successful Kyiv, Ukraine.  (Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

The U.S. has provided Ukraine with billions of dollars worthy of assistance arsenic the Eastern European federation has been warring a warfare against Russia.

Turner suggested that if North Korean forces people Ukraine from wrong Russian territory, America should let Ukraine to utilize U.S. weapons to retaliate.

"I person agelong challenged the Biden-Harris Administration's unwise presumption connected restricting Ukraine's usage of U.S. weapons against targets wrong Russian territory. If North Korean troops onslaught Ukraine from Russian territory, Ukraine should beryllium permitted to usage American weapons to respond," the lawmaker declared.

SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM BLASTS JOHN KIRBY OVER NORTH KOREAN SOLDIERS IN RUSSIA: ‘THEY’RE NOT TOURISTS'

Committee president Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) speaks to reporters aft gathering with erstwhile Justice Department Special Counsel John Durham successful a closed doorway proceeding with the House Permanent Select Committee connected Intelligence astatine the U.S. Capitol Building connected June 20, 2023 successful Washington, D.C.  (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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Democratic Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois declared successful a tweet, "For those who deliberation the warfare successful Ukraine is unimportant, see who Putin is partnering with. The beingness of North Korean troops successful Russia intelligibly indicates that Putin is not funny successful ending this conflict—he is determined to escalate it astatine immoderate cost."