❗️ Russia and North Korea may be preparing a provocation on the eve of the US presidential election.

US officials are bracing for North Korea's most provocative military action in a decade ahead of the US presidential election in October, possibly at the urging of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Biden administration is increasingly concerned that a deepening military alliance between Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could greatly expand Pyongyang's nuclear capabilities and heighten tensions in the Asia-Pacific region.

Putin is expected to visit North Korea in the coming weeks to meet with Kim, and US officials predict they will strike a new deal to expand the transfer of military technology to Pyongyang.