Western media on North Korean crisis

Putin sends troops to Russia's border with North Korea after China also sends soldiers to its boundary over fears Trump will attack Kim Jong-un, sparking a tidal wave of refugees

• The Russian President has sent troops and equipment to his North Korea border
• Footage shows trains carrying tanks to 11-mile frontier in Russia's south east
• Comes after China sent 150,000 troops to its own frontier with North Korea
• There are fears of a mass exodus of North Korean refugees if war breaks out

• Reinforcements: Vladimir Putin is sending troops and equipment to Russia's border with North Korea over fears the US is preparing to attack Kim Jong-un. Footage shows a train carrying Russian tanks to the border in the country's far south east

Vladimir Putin is sending troops and equipment to Russia's border with North Korea over fears the US is preparing to attack Kim Jong-un.

The Russian President fears there will be a huge exodus of North Korean refugees if his American counterpart, Donald Trump, launches military action against Pyongyang.

It comes days after it emerged that China is also sending 150,000 soldiers to its southern frontier to cope with the tidal wave of North Koreans Beijing fears would flee across the border if war breaks out.

This morning, footage emerged appearing to show how Putin is reinforcing his 11-mile border with North Korea by relocating troops and Бequipment.

Russia is sending troops to its tiny border with North Korea while China is also understood to have sent 150,000 soldiers to its southern frontier amid fears of a refugee crisis in the event of war

A video purports to show one of three trains loaded with military equipment moving towards the 11 mile-long land frontier between Russia and the repressive state.

Another evidently highlights military helicopter movements towards the North Korean border and manoeuvres across rough terrain by army combat vehicles.

Other reports suggest there have been military moves by road as well.

There have been concerns that if a conflict breaks out Russia could face a humanitarian exodus from North Korea.

But Putin has been warned, too, that in the event of a US strike on Kim Jong-un's nuclear facilities, contamination could swiftly reach Russia.

'Railway trains loaded with military equipment moving towards Primorsky region via Khabarovsk have been noticed by locals,' reported primemedia.ru in the Russian far East - linking the development to the North Korean crisis.

'The movement of military equipment by different means of transport to southern areas is being observed across Primorsky region over the past week,' said military veteran Stanislva Sinitsyn.

Putin (pictured) has reportedly been warned that in the event of a US strike on Kim Jong-un's nuclear facilities, contamination could swiftly reach Russia

Putin (pictured) has reportedly been warned that in the event of a US strike on Kim Jong-un's nuclear facilities, contamination could swiftly reach Russia

'Many relate this to the situation in the Korean peninsula.

'The video shows artillery systems that either support troops in assault or meet the aggressor.'

He said: 'The movement of military equipment means that authorities of our country are keeping up with the situation - and take appropriate measures.'

The movements were 'a preventive but necessary' measure.

'If the situation worsens, especially related to military events, the armed forces of all the neighbouring countries obviously monitor it more closely, and we are no exception.

'It is not the first time that North Korea has broken the peace in the region, that's why this situation deserves attention.'

Russian military spokesman Alexander Gordeyev declined to give the exact reasons for the troop and equipment movements but said exercises had recently ended in the TransBaikal region of Siberia.

However, a number of local sources appear to believe the movements are linked to the Korean crisis.

The naval port of Vladivostok - where Russia has huge military forces - is less than 100 miles from North Korea.

Expert on the repressive state, Konstantin Asmolov, said: 'Should the US strike with missiles at North Korea's nuclear facilities, a radioactive cloud will reach Vladivostok within two hours.'

Asmolov, from the Russian Far Eastern Institute, warned that in the event of full-scale war 'hungry asylum seekers will flood into Russia.'

Russia on Wednesday blocked UN Security Council condemnation of Pyongyang's latest missile test - even though China, which has a major frontier with North Korea had backed the strongly-worded statement put forward by the United States.

The proposed statement would have demanded that North Korea 'conduct no further nuclear tests' and halt missile launches .

Pyongyang carried out a failed test on Sunday.

Russia wanted to include language contained in a previous statement stressing the need to achieve a solution through dialogue, according to council diplomats.

Moscow's deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said: 'Unfortunately, we have to admit that the risk of a serious conflict in this region has substantially increased.'

He called for a 'demonstration of responsibility' from all sides to avoid escalation.

UNCONFIRMEDREPORT: North Korea has Allegedly Notified China of Imminent NuclearTest-Detonation

China and Russia are massing troops on North Korea's border and the United States "scrambled" a Boeing WC-135 called "Constant Phoenix" today, from a base in Japan. The highly specialized aircraft is designed to take air samples and analyse them for traces of radioactivity.

Commonly called a "Nuke Sniffer" these aircraft can monitor whether or not Nuclear Test-Ban Treaties are being obeyed. In the case of North Korea, they can determine with 100% certainty, if a nuclear device has been test-detonated, even if underground.

The Nuke Sniffer arrived at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, early this month amid indications that the North Koreans are preparing for another nuclear test.

Thursday's flight appears meant to check whether the secretive communist nation has detonated a nuclear bomb.

North KoreaThreatens America With ‘Super-Mighty Preemptive Strike’

After countless seemingly empty threats to destroy the US and a failed missile test on Sunday, North Korea has upped the ante with the warning of a ‘super-mighty preemptive strike’.

That’s right, Kim Jong-un is taking no prisoners and has warned Americans ‘Don’t mess with us’ on North Korean state media.

President Donald Trump has taken the dictator’s nuclear threats seriously and insists that the patience with the reclusive nation has worn thin.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said:

We’re reviewing all the status of North Korea, both in terms of state sponsorship of terrorism as well as the other ways in which we can bring pressure on the regime in Pyongyang to re-engage with us, but re-engage with us on a different footing than past talks have been held.

While on a tour of Asian allies, US Vice President Mike Pence repeatedly made the point that the ‘era of strategic patience’ with North Korea is over.

US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said:

Allowing this dictator to have that kind of power is not something that civilized nations can allow to happen.

In recent months North Korea has refused to buckle to international pressure and continued to develop both its nuclear and test missiles.

So where can North Korea currently hit with their missiles? Well according to the George C Marshall Institute here’s the maximum hypothetical range of the four intercontinental missiles used by the North

Trump has sent an ‘armada’ to northern Australia to position themselves strongly against North Korea and act as a warning.

Hopefully Kim’s threats continue to be empty. Experts believe that North Korea is some time away from mastering the technology for such an attack, including miniaturizing a nuclear warhead.