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Here are five things Putrajaya can do for stateless persons after ‘one step forward, one step back’ citizenship Bill, international groups saySpeaking at the close of the Brics summit in Kazan yesterday, Putin also accused the west of escalating the Ukraine war. — Reuters picKYIV, Oct 25 — Ukraine said yesterday that North Korean troops have arrived in the “combat zone” in Russia’s Kursk border region, where Moscow has struggled to push back Ukrainian forces for months.
Ukraine said the number of deployed North Koreans in Russia was about “12,000” troops, without specifying how many of them were in the Kursk region. “Russia never doubted that the DPRK is serious about Russian cooperation, we are in cooperation with our North Korean friends,” Putin said after hosting a summit of emerging economies.The strongman leader then appeared to mock satellite images which purportedly showed North Korean troops on Russian soil.
South Korea said yesterday the presence of North Korea’s troops in Europe would mark a major escalation for world security. But it has hinted it could review this policy in light of North Korea’s actions and Yoon said yesterday that Seoul would “take necessary actions in cooperation with the international community” to respond.A South Korean official from the president’s office told reporters earlier this week that Seoul would “support through defensive weaponry, and if things get out of line, we could consider sending offensive weapons”.