White House monitoring reports of North Korean soldiers deployed to Russia: 'Highly concerning'
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White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said reports of North Korea deploying soldiers to Russia are a "highly concerning development."
Kirby said the development signaled "another demonstration of Putin's growing desperation and his growing isolation that he's got to reach out to North Korea for potential – potential, as I said, we're looking into the reports – potential infantry support, to his ground operations." Danielle Wallace is a breaking news and politics reporter at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on X: @danimwallace.
"There's no question about it, that his forces continue to suffer an extraordinary amount of casualties on the battlefield," Kirby said, referencing figures of Russia losing more than 1,200 soldiers per day.