US says thousands of North Korean troops are close to Ukraine border

Russian soldiers patrol a village in the Russian – Ukrainian border area in the Kursk region, Russia (Russian Defence Ministry/AP)

The Biden administration said it has information that some 8,000 North Korean soldiers are now in Russia’s Kursk region near Ukraine’s border and preparing to help the Kremlin fight against Ukrainian troops.

In a dramatic moment during Thursday’s UN Security Council meeting, the deputy US ambassador to the United Nations, Robert Wood, asked for more time to add to earlier comments condemning the increasing military cooperation between Russia and North Korea.