The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee stressed that the involvement of DPRK troops in the war against Ukraine should be a red line for the United States and NATO.
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He also stressed that the involvement of North Korean troops in the war against Ukraine should be a red line for the United States and NATO, and the allies should not rule out attacking North Korean troops if they fight in Ukraine.
Russia should not “open the season” on unpunished strikes against Ukraine and invite foreign troops to do so, Turner said during a discussion organized by the Atlantic Council on Wednesday, October 30.
“I believe that the United States and NATO allies should seriously discuss and consider attacking directly North Korean forces if they are in Ukraine and attacking it. North Korean forces do not belong in Europe, they should not attack a European country. And I think it is in the interests of NATO and the interests of the United States as a NATO member that Asian, North Korean communist troops not march into a European country and attack it,” Turner said in a conversation with the head of the Atlantic Council, Frederick Kempe.
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At the same time, Turner emphasized that a decision to attack North Korean troops should not necessarily be made, but, in his opinion, “an informed discussion about this topic needs to be held.”
“I think they need to discuss that North Korean troops should not be free from the fact that they are valid military targets of the United States and NATO,” Turner emphasized.
