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    • About 8,000 North Korean troops now at Ukraine's border are expected in combat soon, U.S. says

    Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, right, welcomes South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun, left, to the Pentagon on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, right, welcomes South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun, left, to the Pentagon on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
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    Some 8,000 North Korean soldiers are now in Russia near Ukraine鈥檚 border and are preparing to help the Kremlin fight against Ukrainian troops in the coming days, the Biden administration said Thursday.

    The new figure is a dramatic increase from a day earlier, when Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin would only say 鈥渟ome鈥 of the troops had moved toward Ukraine鈥檚 border in the Kursk region, where Moscow's forces have struggled to push back a Ukrainian incursion.

    That also would mean most of the North Korean troops that the U.S. and its allies say have been sent to Russia are now on the Russia-Ukraine border.

    The U.S. has estimated a total of about 10,000 North Korean troops are in Russia. Seoul and its allies assessed that the number has increased to 11,000, while Ukraine has put the figure higher, at up to 12,000.

    Of the 8,000 in Kursk, 鈥渨e鈥檝e not yet seen these troops deploy into combat against Ukrainian forces but we would expect that to happen in the coming days,鈥 Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a news conference with Austin and their South Korean counterparts.

    He said Russia has been training North Korean soldiers in artillery, drones and 鈥渂asic infantry operations, including trench clearing, indicating that they fully intend to use these forces in front line operations.鈥

    North Korea鈥檚 move to tighten its relationship with Russia has raised concerns around the world about how that may expand the war and what Russian military aid will be delivered in exchange.

    It鈥檚 become a key topic as U.S. and South Korean leaders met this week in Washington, fueling concerns that the presence of those soldiers will further destabilize the Asia-Pacific and broaden Moscow鈥檚 war on Ukraine.

    South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul condemned the deployment 鈥渋n the strongest possible terms鈥 and called for an immediate withdrawal of the troops. North Korea鈥檚 belligerent actions not only places the European continent but also the Korean peninsula under threat and that Seoul agrees 鈥渢o take necessary measures accordingly,鈥 he said.

    Austin reiterated that Moscow has provided the North Korean troops with Russian uniforms and equipment, another indication they are likely to be used on the front lines.

    鈥淢ake no mistake, if these North Korean troops engage in combat or combat support operations against Ukraine they would make themselves legitimate military targets,鈥 Austin said.

    However he said the injection of North Korean troops was unlikely to cause Ukraine to lose ground in Kursk.

    鈥淭his 10,000 won鈥檛 come close to replacing the numbers that the Russians have lost鈥 in their fighting to date, Austin said. The U.S. estimates that more than 500,000 Russian forces have been killed or wounded in the more than two-year long conflict. The U.S. has provided more than $59 billion in military aid to help Ukraine fend off Russia, and Austin pledged Thursday that another aid package would be announced soon.

    The U.S. and South Korean leaders called out China to engage, saying Beijing should be deeply concerned by the movements and the possibility it will further destabilize the region.

    鈥淚f China is serious about its desire for de-escalation, it should be asking Russia some hard questions at this point and whether it intends to broaden this conflict by this kind of behavior,鈥 Austin said.

    There are questions about what new military technologies North Korea might get from Russia in exchange for the deployment and whether it might lead other nations to send their own forces to fight in the war.

    North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile Thursday for the first time in almost a year, demonstrating a potential advancement in its ability to launch long-range nuclear attacks on the American mainland. Some experts speculated that Russia may have provided technological assistance to North Korea over the launch.

    As the meeting in Washington was underway, the U.S., South Korea and Japan released a joint statement condemning the missile launch as a 鈥渇lagrant violation鈥 of numerous UN Security Council resolutions and criticizing the deepening military cooperation between North Korea and Russia, particularly the deployment of the North Korean troops.

    鈥淲e strongly urge (North Korea) to immediately cease its series of provocative and destabilizing actions that threaten peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and beyond,鈥 they said.

    In a dramatic moment during a UN Security Council meeting earlier Thursday, the deputy U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Robert Wood, first noted the number of North Korean troops near Ukraine.

    鈥淎nd I have a very respectful question for my Russian colleague: does Russia still maintain that there are no DPRK troops in Russia? That鈥檚 my only question and final point,鈥 he said.

    Russia's deputy ambassador to the UN, Anna Evstigneeva, did not respond to the comment at the meeting called by Moscow to discuss international peace and security. The session was then adjourned.

    Besides troops, North Korea also has provided munitions to Russia, and earlier this month, the White House released images it said were of North Korea shipping 1,000 containers of military equipment there by rail.

    Lederer reported from the United Nations. Associated Press writers Kim Tong-hyung in Seoul, South Korea, and Illia Novikov in Kyiv, Ukraine, contributed to this report.

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