About 8,000 North Korean troops are near the Ukrainian border, US diplomat says at UN

Written by on October 31, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Thursday it has information that some 8,000 North Korean soldiers are now in Russia’s Kursk region near Ukraine’s border and preparing to help the Kremlin fight against Ukrainian troops.

In a dramatic moment during a U.N. Security Council meeting, the deputy U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Robert Wood, asked for more time to add to earlier comments condemning the increasing military cooperation between Russia and North Korea.

“We just received some information, just coming in now, that right now there are some 8 . . .



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