U.S. "S. dispatched North Korean troops, clear threat"

The U.S. Department of Defense assessed that North Korean troops sent to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine are capable and threatening.Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder
said at a briefing on the 13th local time that when asked about North Korean forces, they were relatively well-trained and capable.A spokesman for

Rider said the North Korean troops sent were mainly infantry forces and capable by all accounts, adding that witnessing on the Ukrainian battlefield was a clear threat to them.

It also added that the 12,000 North Korean troops that Russia can put on the battlefield are clearly significant forces, and while it is clear that they are making Ukraine much more difficult, Ukraine is doing everything it can to keep the line of defence.

At the same time, he stressed that "our focus is on working with the international community to ensure that Ukraine has what it needs to defend the front line."