US Government: “There are no restrictions on US weapons that Ukraine can use against North Korea”… Trump aide: “There is a risk of a major war if Ukraine joins NATO”

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While it was confirmed that some of the North Korean troops sent to Russia recently moved to Kursk Oblast, the front line of the Ukrainian war, the US Department of Defense said, “There will be no interference regardless of the ability of the Ukrainian military to attack North Korean troops with American weapons.” It was also officially announced that North Korea had sent about 10,000 troops to Russia.

At a briefing on the 28th (local time), US Defense Department Deputy Spokesperson Sabrina Singh was asked, “Are there any restrictions on the US military that can be used against North Korean forces?” and she answered, “No.” He went on to say, “If North Korean soldiers are put in front, they are a foreigner.” International law holds that attacks on citizens of countries identified as co-conspirators are not acts of war.

Deputy Spokesman Singh emphasized, “If North Korean troops engage in combat, they are confronting Ukrainians who are fighting for their own sovereign territory,” and added, ” The United States is committed to continuing to provide any assistance that Ukraine needs. ” He also said, “North Korea has sent around 10,000 troops to eastern Russia,” and added, “More Russian troops are expected on the border with Ukraine in the coming weeks ahead of us.”

US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller also said in a briefing on the same day, “Russia is deploying North Korean troops in the Kursk region, near the Ukrainian border,” and added, “It is very worrying that they are trying to send in North. Korean troops to support combat and military operations against the Ukrainian military.”

Initially, the United States believed that the number of North Korean troops sent to Russia was around 3,000. However, it was revealed that the number of soldiers sent out had increased to 10,000, and that there was a high possibility that they would be used in military operations. US President Joe Biden also commented on North Korea’s deployment of troops to Russia for the first time on this day, saying, “It’s a dangerous situation. ”

There are also arguments in the US Congress that there should be a response to the deployment of North Korean troops with allies. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin said in a statement on the 25th, “The United States will work closely with friends and partners to counter North Korea’s efforts to support Vladimir Putin (President of Russia),” and added, “We have to be able to make sure that Russia defeats Ukraine.” “I’ll do it,” he said.

On the other hand, former White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien, the Republican presidential candidate of the US Republican Party and the President’s top foreign and security adviser, said in an interview with Fox News on the 28th that Ukraine’s request to go to the North. The Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was “too provocative and third party.” “There is a risk of World War II,” he said. Instead, he argued for strengthening sanctions against Russia, saying, “The sanctions against Russia were partly good mild.”