The German News Agency quoted Blinken “We now estimate that there are a total of about 10,000 North Korean troops in the country,” he said in Washington on Thursday RussiaThe latest information indicates that up to 8,000 of those North Korean forces have been deployed in the Kursk region.
Blinken added: “We have not yet seen these forces deployed in the fight against Ukrainian forces, but we expect this to happen within the coming days.”
Blinken explained that their combat deployment would make these forces “legitimate” targets in the war.
It is noteworthy that this is the first time in 100 years that Russia has invited foreign forces to its country.