Ukraine Allies Face Limited Options Over North Korea Troops

Russia’s decision to bring North Korean troops to shore up its war-weary forces has Ukraine’s allies realizing they have few options to respond without escalating the conflict even more.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed the deployment for the first time following a briefing by high-ranking South Korean officials Monday in Brussels — and called it a “significant escalation” of Pyongyang’s involvement in Russia’s war. Over the weekend, US President Joe Biden told reporters “we have options, it depends on what they do.”

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Another option for the US would be to lift its restrictions on Ukraine on long-range strikes inside Russia. But that would force a rethink of what’s previously been a red line for Biden’s team.

Washington’s “underlying philosophy about the risk-benefit calculus when it comes to escalation versus advantage for the Ukrainians probably remains about the same,” said Richard Fontaine, chief executive officer of the Center for a New American Security in Washington.

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