Hranchak Comments on North Korean Troops Being Deployed to Ukraine in Newsweek Article

October 28, 2024

Newsweek

Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

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The U.S. has said North Korean troops may have been deployed to a key front in Russia's war against Ukraine, as speculation grows over how the international community may respond to a third party entering combat.

“North Korean troops in Ukraine would be another confirmation that the Russian war in Ukraine is not a local or regional conflict,” says Tetiana Hranchak, visiting assistant teaching professor in the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs.

“Along with the intensification of military operations in the Middle East using the terrorist group Hamas, this is an additional confirmation of the anti-Western axis formed by Russia, which includes China and Iran in addition to North Korea,” she says.

Read more in the Newsweek article, “North Korean Troops Deployed to Kursk in Escalating Counteroffensive: US.”