World War 3 latest: Russia on war footing as Putin's troops amass on North Korea border

A large number of soldiers were seen arriving near the
Khasan crossing point between the two nations on
Tuesday.
Photos captured some of the troops patrolling the top
of Zaozyonara Hill, a meeting point between Russia,
North Korea and China.
Russia is thought to be concerned at the build-up of
US troops in South Korea as Donald Trump and Kim
Jong-un continue their war of words.
Russia is building up troops
Russian military guard
Russia on the North Korean
border
Wed, September 27, 2017
This is the Tri-border area where the boundaries of
Russia, China and North Korea meet.
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Russian border guards on patrol on the top of
Zaozyornaya Hill at the Khasan crossing point on
the Russian-North Korean border in the tri-border
area where the boundaries of Russia, China and
North Korea meet [Yuri Smityuk/TASS]
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Moscow has previously denied moved more troops to
the border area as tensions between the US and Kim’s
regime reach boiling point.
Earlier this year, the movement of heavy weaponry
towards the border was also caught on camera.
Frants Klintsevich, the first deputy chairman of the
Russian upper house's Committee on Defence and
Security, has warned that any US action against North
Korea would also be seen as a hostility towards Russia
due to their shared border.
Vladimir Putin is building up his military
President Putin has indicated that the world will have
to accept a nuclear armed North Korea, warning the
rogue nation would rather “eat grass” than go without
weapons.
And the new military build-up comes after Russia
launched an inter-continental ballistic missile last
night.
That action, in the south-western Russian region of
Astrakhan, came after weeks of arguments over
controversial military drills in Europe.
Russia has also carried out a number of maneouvres
with China in recent weeks.
Tensions are building on the North Korea border
Military experts believe the country is trying to show
off its military might amid simmering tensions over the
Korean peninsula.
Chatham House claimed the drills shows Russia was
practicing war scenarios involving NATO troops in the
event of a conflict or land grab.
It comes as North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho
on Monday accused the US President of declaring war
on the secretive state.
Ri threatened that Pyongyang would shoot down US
warplanes flying near the Korean Peninsula after
American bombers travelled close to it last Saturday.
The North Korean minister was reacting to Mr Trump's
Twitter comments that Kim and Ri "won't be around
much longer" if they acted on their threats toward the
United States.
Mr Trump said yesterday that any US military option
would be “devastating” for the country but claimed he
preferred not to use force.
He said: “If we take that option, it will be devastating,
I can tell you that, devastating for North Korea.
“That's called the military option. If we have to take it,
we will.”
The US says satellite imagery has also detected a
number of North Korean military aircraft moving to the
North's east coast.

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