Today is for the intelligence briefing,
It undermines peace on the Korean peninsula and fuels the Russian war against Ukraine,
The deepening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea is a threat to both Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic security,
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,
In exchange, Putin is providing North Korea with military technologies and other support to circumvent international sanctions,
Today, I can confirm that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia, and that North Korean military units have been deployed to the Kursk region,
We continue to monitor the situation closely,
To the soldiers of the Korean People's Army: You, who were sent to help the Putin regime, you do not need to die senselessly in another country,
Surrender! Ukraine provides you with protection, food, and warmth,
North Korea believes in generational punishment,
If North Korean soldiers do enter into combat, this development would demonstrate Russia's growing desperation in its war against Ukraine,
Ukraine will be forced to actually fight against North Korea in Europe, ... These are the conditions when the lack of partners' stronger decisions in support of Ukraine only encourages Putin to invest further in terror."
It is possible that there are now more than 3,000 troops from North Korea that have been dispatched to Russia for outfitting and for training,
Ambassadors from NATO's Indo-Pacific partners – including Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the Republic of Korea – have been invited to attend,
We are preparing [to announce] important signals of support [for Ukraine],
We assess that between early- to mid-October, North Korea moved at least 3,000 soldiers into eastern Russia."