{"id":120303,"date":"2024-10-31T04:03:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T21:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120303"},"modified":"2024-10-31T04:03:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T21:03:45","slug":"north-korean-troops-in-russian-uniforms-are-heading-toward-ukraine-us-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120303","title":{"rendered":"North Korean troops in Russian uniforms are heading toward Ukraine, US says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday that North Korean troops wearing Russian uniforms and carrying Russian equipment are <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-nuclear-test-icbm-ukraine-russia-a39a36f4ff000037f96116fd6f5633fb\">moving toward Ukraine<\/a><\/span>, in what he called a dangerous and destabilizing development.<\/p>\n<p>Austin was speaking at a press conference in Washington with South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, as concerns grow about Pyongyang\u2019s deployment of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-soldiers-russia-ukraine-war-651ac7615c3124fde657043a9193d6b1\">as many as 11,000 troops to Russia<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>The U.S. and South Korea say some of the North Korean troops are heading to Russia\u2019s Kursk region on the border with Ukraine, where the Kremlin\u2019s forces have <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-putin-kursk-incursion-ca6d18d06606794580bdc779d2c98134\">struggled to push back a Ukrainian incursion<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Some North Korean advance units have already arrived in the Kursk region, and Austin said \u201cthe likelihood is pretty high\u201d that Russia will use the troops in combat.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea\u2019s move to <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-russia-ukraine-war-choe-son-hui-foreign-minister-c67d98128d06e8959aa34f21428f5081\">tighten its relationship with Russia<\/a><\/span> has triggered alarms across the globe, as leaders worry about how it may expand the war in Ukraine and what Russian military aid will be delivered to Pyongyang in exchange.<\/p>\n<p>Austin said officials are discussing what to do about the deployment, which he said has the potential to broaden or lengthen <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ukraine\">the conflict in Ukraine<\/a><\/span>. Asked if it could prompt other nations to get more directly involved in the conflict, he acknowledged that it could \u201cencourage others to take action\u201d but provided no details.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is something that we\u2019re going to continue to watch, and we\u2019re going to continue to work with our allies and partners to discourage Russia from employing these troops in combat,\u201d Austin said. <\/p>\n<p>Kim said he doesn\u2019t necessarily believe the deployment will trigger war on the Korean Peninsula but could <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-choe-troops-russia-ukraine-war-1f9104c2bff714e6baa983f6ef5606e1\">increase security threats<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>There is a \u201chigh possibility\u201d that Pyongyang would ask for higher technologies in exchange for its troops, such as receiving tactical nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities, he said through an interpreter.<\/p>\n<p>Both Kim and Austin called on North Korea to withdraw its troops. <\/p>\n<p>Russia has had to shift some resources to the Kursk border region to respond to <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-pokrovsk-donetsk-c086bef7cf8846ca5b0a5227b9fc775d\">Ukraine\u2019s offensive<\/a><\/span>. U.S. leaders have suggested that the use of North Korean forces to augment Russia\u2019s defenses indicates that Moscow\u2019s losses during the more than two-year war have significantly degraded its military strength. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re doing this because (Russian President Vladimir) Putin has lost a lot of troops,\u201d Austin said, adding that Moscow has a choice between mobilizing more of its own forces or turning to others for help. <\/p>\n<p>Already, he noted, Russia has sought military weapons from other nations. Those include North Korea and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has estimated there are about 10,000 North Korean troops now in Russia. Seoul and its allies assess that the number dispatched to Russia has increased to 11,000, according to a senior South Korean presidential official, who spoke on condition of anonymity during a background briefing.<\/p>\n<p>More than 3,000 of them are believed to have moved toward combat zones in western Russia, the South Korean official said, without specifying the locations.<\/p>\n<p>A Ukrainian official told The Associated Press that North Korean troops are stationed 50 kilometers (30 miles) away from the Ukrainian border with Russia. The official, was not authorized to disclose the information publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, did not provide any additional detail.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea also has provided munitions to Russia, and earlier this month, the White House released images it said were of North Korea shipping <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-russia-us-munitions-ukraine-war-7091eaba254b680888a9b1ec8a68135f\">1,000 containers of military equipment<\/a><\/span> there by rail. <\/p>\n<p>A key worrisome question is what North Korea will get in return for providing the troops. But officials have yet to say specifically what Pyongyang may have requested or Moscow has offered.<\/p>\n<p>In their meeting at the Pentagon, Kim and Austin agreed to continue large-scale military exercises, increase cooperation on nuclear deterrence and upgrade their abilities to deter and respond to North Korean missile launches by improving early launch warning systems, according to a fact sheet released by the Pentagon on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>Austin and Kim are scheduled to meet Thursday with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul at the State Department.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>AP reporter Kim Tong-hyung contributed from Seoul, South Korea.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/united-states-north-korea-russia-ukraine-war-faeabb0b2c2ea162bbc6c4691df4d6c8\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday that North Korean troops wearing Russian uniforms and carrying Russian equipment are moving toward Ukraine, in what he called a dangerous &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120303\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}