Could Putin use North Korean troops against Ukraine?

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  Thousands of North Korean troops have been sent to Russia to support Moscow's war in Ukraine.

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  The U.S.

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  government says 8,000 troops are now in the Kursk region, right next to the Ukrainian front line.

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  This is the first time in more than a century that Russia has welcomed foreign troops onto its own soil.

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  The Kremlin's North Korean gambit just underscores how badly Putin's war has gone.

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  Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says this could be the start of a new world war.

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  Here we see this first step in this war and this is the first step to a world war.

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  There's long been deepening military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang.

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  Today we're asking, can North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia change the dynamics of the war in Ukraine?

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  And what does North Korea get out of all of this?

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