US says around 8,000 troops from North Korea are stationed in Russia's Kursk region

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

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00:00The Biden administration has said around 8,000 soldiers from North Korea are now in Kursk

00:07preparing to help Russia fight against Ukrainian troops. Moscow and Pyongyang have deepened

00:13military cooperation in recent months. Kiev has long accused North Korea of supplying

00:18Russia with weapons and ammunition. And earlier this year, both countries signed a mutual

00:23defense pact.

00:25Russia's actions with respect to the DPRK are not only dangerous, but they are antithetical

00:31to its responsibility as a permanent member of this UN Security Council. Russia's military

00:38cooperation with the DPRK violates multiple UN Security Council resolutions, which prohibit

00:43both procuring DPRK arms and providing military training.

00:48Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said that while North Korean troops have been deployed

00:53to Kursk, they have not yet taken part in any hostilities.

00:58North Korea's move to deepen its relationship with Russia has raised concerns around the

01:03world about how that may expand the war in Ukraine. There are also questions about what

01:08new military technologies North Korea might get from Russia in exchange for the deployment.

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