US: North Korea sending troops to Russia
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has said Washington has seen evidence 3,000 North Korean troops are training in Russia and may be sent to fight in Ukraine. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told the BBC the accusations were ‘nonsense’ and said that using North Korean troops would escalate the conflict.
Jean Lee joins host Julian Worricker of BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight on Oct. 23, 2024, to discuss the implications.