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US says N.Korea troops ready for Ukraine combat as missile raises tensions

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Up to 8,000 North Korean troops have reached Russia 's border region with Ukraine , U.S. says.

North Korea's firing of a long-range missile ramped up tensions days before the US election.

Pyongyang appears to have fired a solid-propelled missile that flew 1,000 kilometers ( 621 miles ) South Korea's defense minister says North Korea is estimated to have sent more than a million missiles to Russia .

Ukraine Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha calls the North Korean troop deployment a "true escalation of this war".

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