Antony Blinken warns that Russia is preparing to deploy the troops into combat ‘in the coming days’
About 8,000 North Korean soldiers at Ukraine border, says US
Antony Blinken warns that Russia is preparing to deploy the troops into combat ‘in the coming days’
About 8,000 North Korean soldiers are stationed in Russia on the border with Ukraine, the US secretary of state has said, warning that Moscow is preparing to deploy those troops into combat “in the coming days”.
Antony Blinken said the US believed that North Korea had sent 10,000 troops to Russia in total, deploying them first to training bases in the far east before sending the vast majority to the Kursk region on the border with Ukraine.
Blinken told a press conference that the North Korean troops had received Russian training in “artillery, UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles], basic infantry operations, including trench clearing, indicating that they fully intend to use these forces in frontline operations”.
Its this kind of escalation that could lead to a wider war not only in Europe, but on the Korean peninsula. Think what will happen when the first North Korean soldiers are killed in Ukraine. Will Kim-Jong un respond with bombastic rhetoric or will he order a military response with an attack on South Korean and US forces. As for Europe, there will be foreign troops fighting there for the first time since the Second World. If those Korean troops accidentally cross into a NATO and country engage their forces that would be cause for real alarm.
With tensions this high any mistake could be catastrophic leading to unintended consequences.
