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NATO chief Rutte confirms North Korean troops in Russia

NATO chief Rutte confirms North Korean troops in Russia

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Multiple sources confirm that North Korea has sent troops to Russia, with some already deployed in the Kursk border region. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has stated that this development represents a "significant escalation" and "dangerous expansion" of Russia's war in Ukraine, while also posing a threat to both Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic security.

Vladimir Putin
Kremlin
1. Whether we use it or not, where, how, or whether we engage in exercises, training, or transfer some experience. It's our business.
Andriy Sybiha
Ukraine Foreign Ministry
1. Now NATO Secretary General confirmed this. The bottom line: listen to Ukraine. The solution: lift restrictions on our long-range strikes against Russia now.
Andrey Yermak
Ukraine Government
1. The enemy understands strength. Our allies have this strength.
2. North Korean troops are already in the Kursk region...This is an escalation. Sanctions alone are not enough. We need weapons and a clear plan to prevent North Korea's expanded involvement in the war in Europe.
Sergei Lavrov
Russian Foreign Ministry
1. Western military personnel long have been working in Ukraine.
Mark Rutte
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
1. Over 600,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in Putin's war and he is unable to sustain his assault on Ukraine without foreign support.
Yoon Suk-Yeol
People Power Party
1. The illegal military collusion between Russia and North Korea poses a significant security threat to the international community and a serious matter that could potentially harm our security. We must thoroughly examine all possibilities and prepare countermeasures.
Sabrina Singh
Pentagon
1. If we see DPRK troops moving in towards the front lines, they are co-belligerents in the war.
2. A portion of those soldiers have already moved closer to Ukraine, and we are increasingly concerned that Russia intends to use these soldiers in combat or to support combat operations against Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk Oblast.
Edward Howell
Chatham House
1. Indeed, North Korea is now a full-fledged participant in the Ukraine war rather than merely supporting Russia by supplying artillery shells without any direct involvement in the conflict.
2. What is concerning is whether, in return for the dispatch of North Korean troops, Russia will provide North Korea with any military technology which North Korea could use in any provocations against South Korea.