After North Korea just acknowledged sending soldiers to Russia to aid in its conflict against Ukraine, the US had harsh words for the nation.
North Korea dispatched between 10,000 and 12,000 troops to Russia last year, and after suffering significant losses among.
Its soldiers on the Russian-Ukrainian fronts, it has now transferred an additional 3,000 troops to the Vladimir Putin-led nation.
North Korea’s backing for Russia’s efforts has long been suspected, but it wasn’t formally verified until yesterday, April 28. Kim Jong Un, the leader, said that the troops were ordered.
To “annihilate and wipe out the Ukrainian neo-Nazi occupiers and liberate the Kursk area in co-operation with the Russian armed forces” as part of a mutual defense pact.