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It's Friday, one November, welcome, I ever click the day, most are two-bills are two-bills.

It's Friday, one November. Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

Let's get briefed.

First up on today's bulletin.

An update in our coverage of North Korean troops preparing to join Russian forces on Ukraine's battlefields,

as U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announces that they

could be deployed within days. Later in the show, we'll uncover the bizarre tale of two Ukrainian

brigades reportedly fighting on the front lines, only to find out that they, well, might not even

exist.

But first, our afternoon spotlight.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced on Thursday that North Korean troops could be deployed within days to fight alongside Russian forces against Ukraine.

Austin, speaking after strategic meetings with South Korean officials, confirmed that approximately

8,000 North Korean soldiers are currently stationed in Russia's Kursk region, preparing for their

anticipated deployment into combat. Well, how excited are those North Korean troops? I mean, one

day, you're living under the thumb of an incredibly repressive

regime in North Korea, and you're thinking, well, can't get much worse than this. And the next,

you're about to be dumped into Vladimir Putin's meat grinder. Austin, detailed that these

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