While it was confirmed that some North Korean troops deployed to Russia recently moved to Kursk Oblast, the front line of the Ukraine war, the U.S. Department of Defense said, “There will be no restrictions on the Ukrainian military attacking North Korean troops with American weapons.” It was also made official that North Korea had sent approximately 10,000 troops to Russia.
At a briefing on the 28th (local time), U.S. Department of Defense Deputy Spokesperson Sabrina Singh was asked, “Are there any restrictions on the U.S. weapons that can be used against North Korean forces?” and answered, “There are no.” He went on to say, “If North Korean troops are deployed to the front, they are a joint belligerent.” International law stipulates that attacks on citizens of countries designated as joint belligerents do not constitute war crimes.
Deputy Spokesperson Singh emphasized, “If North Korean troops participate in combat, they are confronting Ukrainians who are fighting for their own sovereign territory,” and added, “The United States is committed to continuing to provide whatever support Ukraine needs.” He also said, “North Korea has dispatched about 10,000 troops to eastern Russia,” and added, “It is expected that Russian troops on the border with Ukraine will be supplemented in the coming weeks.”
U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller also said in a briefing on the same day, “Russia is deploying North Korean troops in the Kursk region, close to the Ukrainian border,” and “I am very concerned that North Korean troops are attempting to deploy them to support combat and military operations against the Ukrainian military.” said.
Initially, the United States estimated the number of North Korean troops dispatched to Russia to be around 3,000. However, it was revealed that the number of troops dispatched had increased to 10,000, and that there was a high possibility of military operations being deployed. U.S. President Joe Biden also mentioned North Korea’s deployment of troops to Russia for the first time on this day, saying, “It is a very dangerous situation.”
There are also arguments in the U.S. Congress that the dispatch of North Korean troops should be jointly responded to with allies. Democratic Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin said in a statement on the 25th, “The United States will work closely with allies and partners to counter North Korea’s attempts to support Vladimir Putin (Russian President),” and added, “We must be able to ensure Russia’s defeat in Ukraine.” “I do it,” he said.
On the other hand, former White House National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien, the Republican presidential candidate for the U.S. Republican Party and former President’s key foreign and security adviser, said in a Fox News interview on the 28th that Ukraine’s request to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was “too provocative and a third party.” “There is a risk of World War II,” he said. Instead, he argued for strengthening sanctions against Russia, saying, “The sanctions against Russia were relatively mild.”
Washington = Correspondent Moon Byeong-ki [email protected]
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