{"id":3282,"date":"2024-10-23T19:54:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T19:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/?p=3282"},"modified":"2024-10-24T00:59:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T00:59:21","slug":"north-korean-troops-would-be-legitimate-target-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/2024\/10\/23\/north-korean-troops-would-be-legitimate-target-us\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korean troops would be \u2018legitimate target\u2019 \u2013 US"},"content":{"rendered":"
Washington believes that 3,000 North Korean soldiers have traveled to Russia for training, spokesman John Kirby has said<\/strong><\/p>\n If North Korean soldiers enter the Ukraine conflict on Russia\u2019s side, they will become \u201clegitimate military targets\u201d<\/em> for Kiev\u2019s forces, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby has declared.<\/p>\n US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin claimed on Wednesday that there are currently an unknown number of North Korean servicemen in Russia, and that the Pentagon does not know \u201cwhat exactly they\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/em> Austin added that it would be a \u201cvery serious issue\u201d<\/em> if North Korea intended \u201cto participate in this war on Russia\u2019s behalf.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n In a briefing later on Wednesday afternoon, Kirby told reporters that \u201cat least 3,000\u201d<\/em> North Korean soldiers entered eastern Russia earlier this month, and have since been dispatched to \u201cmultiple Russian training sites.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Kirby said that the US does not know what kind of training these soldiers have supposedly received. However, he speculated that they \u201ccould travel to western Russia and then engage in combat against the Ukrainian military.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \n Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n