North Korea deploys 10,000 troops to train in Russia, sparking global warnings

Integrating North Korean troops into a very complex war machine is not easy. But using their presence to scare the United States and its allies in Asia is quite simple,

the diplomat said

The numbers make this more than a symbolic effort, but the troops will likely be in support roles and constitute less than 1% of Russia's forces,

the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) think tank said in a note

Russia is desperate for additional manpower, and this is one element of Russia's effort to fill the ranks without a second mobilization,

it added, noting the presence could grow

We agreed to strengthen intelligence and expertise exchange, intensify contacts at all levels, especially the highest, in order to develop an action strategy and countermeasures to address this escalation,

Zelenskiy said

The closer Moscow's ties to Pyongyang, the more leverage it expects over U.S. allies as well as China,

Gilbert Rozman, of The Asan Forum, wrote for the U.S.-based 38 North programme

Allies and partners across the globe are watching and consulting and will proactively share intelligence on the matter as it affects the security of the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions and beyond,

he added

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,

Howell said

The possibility for restrictions on long-range missiles to be lifted remains likely as more and more participants engage with the conflict and the need to disrupt Russia’s tactics becomes ever more urgent.”

Howell said

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,

Edward Howell, a lecturer in international relations at the University of Oxford, told Al Jazeera

Not least given how the North Koreans, it seems, will be organised in their own battalions and have their own translators,

said Howell, whose research focuses on the politics and international relations of North Korea, the Korean Peninsula and East Asia

Vladimir Putinpresident

Images are a serious thing. If there are images, then they reflect something,

Putin responded

We’ve made a commitment to Ukraine that we’re going to continue to support them with whatever it takes,

she said

Gitanas Nausėdalithuanian President

Permission to strike military targets in Russia—Increased military aid Hesitation leads to escalation, not the other way around,

Nausėda added

North Korean troops are helping Russia in its war on Ukraine. NATO must respond by giving Ukraine all it needs to win,

he stated

This is a calculation that North Korea has to make,

Singh said

The bottom line: listen to Ukraine. The solution: lift restrictions on our long-range strikes against Russia now,

he said on social media

We think that they will have 12,000 soon,

the Ukrainian leader added

Sabrina Singhdeputy Pentagon Press Secretary

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 near the border with Ukraine,

said Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh, using a term for a Russian region

It is likely that they are moving in that direction towards Kursk. But I don’t have more details just yet,

Singh said

If we see DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] troops moving in and towards the front lines, I mean, they are co-belligerents in the war. And so, they are fighting on these front lines and the Ukrainians are defending their sovereign territory and pushing the Russians back,

Singh said while addressing reporters