US must weigh 'military action against' North Korean forces if invading Ukraine: House intel chair Turner

If North Korean troops invade Ukraine, America must "seriously consider" engaging successful subject action against them, House Permanent Select Committee connected Intelligence chair Rep. Mike Turner said successful a connection issued Wednesday.

"If North Korean troops were to invade Ukraine's sovereign territory, nan United States needs to earnestly see taking nonstop subject action against nan North Korean troops," nan Ohio Republican asserted.

Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin has said that location is grounds North Korean troops are coming successful Russia.

NORTH KOREAN TROOPS DEPLOYED TO RUSSIA

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks astatine nan Hennadii Udovenko Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine astatine nan Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine connected Oct. 21, 2024 successful Kyiv, Ukraine. (Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

"We measure that betwixt early to mid-October, North Korea moved astatine slightest 3,000 soldiers into eastbound Russia. We measure that these soldiers traveled by vessel from nan Wonsan area successful North Korea to Vladivostok, Russia," White House nationalist information communications advisor John Kirby said.

"These soldiers past traveled onward to aggregate Russian subject training sites successful eastbound Russia, wherever they are presently undergoing training," he continued. 

Kirby said that nan U.S. does not cognize whether nan North Korean troops will conflict alongside Russian forces, but described nan imaginable arsenic "a highly concerning probability."

SOUTH KOREA DEMANDS WITHDRAWAL OF NORTH KOREAN TROOPS ALLEGEDLY HELPING RUSSIA FIGHT UKRAINE

Rep. Mike Turner, president of nan House Permanent Select Committee connected Intelligence, R-Ohio, during a property convention of members of nan US Congress delegation connected July 1, 2024, successful Kyiv, Ukraine.  (Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

The U.S. has provided Ukraine pinch billions of dollars worthy of assistance arsenic nan Eastern European federation has been fighting a warfare against Russia.

Turner suggested that if North Korean forces target Ukraine from wrong Russian territory, America should let Ukraine to utilize U.S. weapons to retaliate.

"I person agelong challenged nan Biden-Harris Administration's unwise position connected restricting Ukraine's usage of U.S. weapons against targets wrong Russian territory. If North Korean troops onslaught Ukraine from Russian territory, Ukraine should beryllium permitted to usage American weapons to respond," nan lawmaker declared.

SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM BLASTS JOHN KIRBY OVER NORTH KOREAN SOLDIERS IN RUSSIA: ‘THEY’RE NOT TOURISTS'

Committee president Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) speaks to reporters aft gathering pinch erstwhile Justice Department Special Counsel John Durham successful a closed doorway proceeding pinch nan House Permanent Select Committee connected Intelligence astatine nan U.S. Capitol Building connected June 20, 2023 successful Washington, D.C.  (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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Democratic Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois declared successful a tweet, "For those who deliberation nan warfare successful Ukraine is unimportant, see who Putin is partnering with. The beingness of North Korean troops successful Russia intelligibly indicates that Putin is not willing successful ending this conflict—he is wished to escalate it astatine immoderate cost."