Blinken: If North Korean troops engage in combat operations against Ukraine, they would make themselves legitimate military targets
If North Korean troops are involved in military actions against Ukraine, they will become legitimate military targets, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasized.
“If these North Korean troops engage in combat or combat support operations against Ukraine, they would make themselves legitimate military targets," Blinken said at a press conference with his South Korean counterpart, the head of the Pentagon and the South Korean defense minister in Washington.
The secretary of state said one of the reasons Russia turned to North Korean troops is because the Kremlin is desperate.
Putin has been throwing more and more Russians into a meat grinder of his own making in Ukraine. Now he's turning to North Korean troops, and that is a clear sign of weakness," Blinken said.
Blinken added that the Russian military is suffering 1,200 casualties per day, more than at any time in the war. In addition, he noted that with the introduction of North Korean troops into Russia, and now to the front lines, Russia for the first time in 100 years has invited foreign troops into its country.
