Russia-Ukraine: North Korean troops are ‘legitimate military targets’ if they enter combat, U.S. warns

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that there are 11,000 North Korean military personnel operating in Russia’s Kursk region, according to intelligence reports. In Washington, D.C., U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said North Korean troops could enter combat “in the coming days” and that they would be “would be legitimate military targets” if they were to do so.