US Intelligence Chairman urges immediate action on North Korean troop movements in Ukraine

October 19, 2024

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (Center-R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) walk past children attending a welcoming ceremony at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024. Photo for illustrative purposes. (Vladimir Smirnov / POOL / AFP)

U.S. Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Michael R. Turner appealed to U.S. President Joseph Biden on Oct. 18 to respond immediately to reports of North Korea’s troops preparing to join Russia’s army fighting in Ukraine.

North Korean troops attacking Ukraine from Russia or entering Ukraine “must be a red line for the United States and NATO,” Turner said.

Turner also cited public reports from Ukrainian and South Korean intelligence agencies that suggest North Korean troops may be moving via Russian naval vessels.

Calling the situation “alarming” and a major escalation of the conflict, Turner urged the U.S. and NATO to act immediately.

He requested an urgent classified briefing for the House Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, emphasizing the need for swift U.S. and NATO action to prevent a broader conflict.

Ukraine’s military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov said that the first group of 2,600 soldiers will be deployed to Russia’s Kursk Oblast, where Ukraine began a cross-border incursion in August and still holds significant swathes of territory.

He said that close to 11,000 North Korean troops are in Russia and will be “ready to fight” in Ukraine by Nov. 1.

https://kyivindependent.com/us-intelligence-chairman-urges-immediate-action-on-north-korean-troop-movements-in-ukraine

8 comments

  1. “Calling the situation “alarming” and a major escalation of the conflict, Turner urged the U.S. and NATO to act immediately.”

    Biden will do nothing, and Scholz will join him.
    Let’s face it, with such weak invertebrate as leaders of important Western countries, we are lost.

    • Let’s face it, Obama and Biden started this appeasement and cowardice off in 2014, aided and abetted by Merkel, Hollande, Steinmeier and the rest of the scabby crew. All of them could have stopped Putler in his tracks without a drop of Ukrainian blood being spilled. Now because of this pathetic appeasement, every third world terrorist shithole is coming out of the woodwork and openly mocking the West.

      • For me, a bad thing is that these pack of losers will never be held accountable for the disaster they have caused while they were in power. And so far, only Clinton somewhat admitted to his mistake. Piss poor politicians, all.

      • They all think they can turn Putler and they all have ended up looking like fools and lackeys. The only thing that will turn Putler is extreme pain and undeniable truth.
        Moskali are without honor and they openly mock those that do by calling them weak because of it.

  2. Dan Rice; West Point man and currently director of American University, Kyiv, stresses that one of the best ways to waste orcs in the enormous quantities that are needed for a victory, is cluster munitions; in vast amounts.
    Well, the defenders have them, but seem to be using them sparingly, which suggests they don’t have enough.
    Couldn’t Ukraine’s top ally in light of the abysmal failure to “let Ukraine strike back” ; to quote a slogan, at least find it in them to send these items in game-changing numbers?

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