# US, South Korean drills near DPRK border are provocative, Russian MFA says

https://mins.news/en/item/127407

- TASS, 2026-11-03 15:37 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2212637

> Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called US and South Korean military exercises near North Korea’s border overtly provocative. She said the participants acknowledged that the drills rehearse preemptive strikes against North Korea, including with nuclear weapons.

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