If North Korean troops invade Ukraine, America should “severely contemplate” partaking in navy motion in opposition to them, Home Everlasting Choose Committee on Intelligence chair Rep. Mike Turner mentioned in an announcement issued Wednesday.
“If North Korean troops have been to invade Ukraine’s sovereign territory, the USA wants to noticeably contemplate taking direct navy motion in opposition to the North Korean troops,” the Ohio Republican asserted.
Protection Sec. Lloyd Austin has mentioned that there’s proof North Korean troops are current in Russia.
NORTH KOREAN TROOPS DEPLOYED TO RUSSIA
US Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks on the Hennadii Udovenko Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine on the Ministry of International Affairs of Ukraine on Oct. 21, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Vitalii Nosach/World Photographs Ukraine by way of Getty Photographs)
“We assess that between early to mid-October, North Korea moved at the least 3,000 troopers into japanese Russia. We assess that these troopers traveled by ship from the Wonsan space in North Korea to Vladivostok, Russia,” White Home nationwide safety communications adviser John Kirby mentioned.
“These troopers then traveled onward to a number of Russian navy coaching websites in japanese Russia, the place they’re at the moment present process coaching,” he continued.Â
Kirby mentioned that the U.S. doesn’t know whether or not the North Korean troops will combat alongside Russian forces, however described the prospect as “a extremely regarding likelihood.”
SOUTH KOREA DEMANDS WITHDRAWAL OF NORTH KOREAN TROOPS ALLEGEDLY HELPING RUSSIA FIGHT UKRAINE
Rep. Mike Turner, chairman of the Home Everlasting Choose Committee on Intelligence, R-Ohio, throughout a press convention of members of the US Congress delegation on July 1, 2024, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Vitalii Nosach/World Photographs Ukraine by way of Getty Photographs)
The U.S. has supplied Ukraine with billions of {dollars} value of help because the Jap European nation has been preventing a conflict in opposition to Russia.
Turner recommended that if North Korean forces goal Ukraine from inside Russian territory, America ought to enable Ukraine to make the most of U.S. weapons to retaliate.
“I’ve lengthy challenged the Biden-Harris Administration’s unwise place on proscribing Ukraine’s use of U.S. weapons in opposition to targets inside Russian territory. If North Korean troops assault Ukraine from Russian territory, Ukraine needs to be permitted to make use of American weapons to reply,” the lawmaker declared.
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Committee chairman Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) speaks to reporters after assembly with former Justice Division Particular Counsel John Durham in a closed door listening to with the Home Everlasting Choose Committee on Intelligence on the U.S. Capitol Constructing on June 20, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Drew Angerer/Getty Photographs)
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Democratic Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois declared in a tweet, “For individuals who assume the conflict in Ukraine is unimportant, contemplate who Putin is partnering with. The presence of North Korean troops in Russia clearly signifies that Putin isn’t concerned with ending this battle—he’s decided to escalate it at any price.”
