Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that North Korean troops fighting for Russia may have carried out offensive actions in Kursk.
This Russian region is occupied by the kyiv army.
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North Koreans in Kursk? In any case, this is what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday December 14. According to the head of state, troops from Pyongyang fighting for Russia carried out offensive actions in the part of the Russian Kursk region occupied by the Ukrainian army. “There is preliminary information indicating that the Russians have begun using North Korean soldiers in assaults – in a notable amount,” said Volodymyr Zelensky in his daily address.
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“The Russians are integrating them into combined units and using them in operations in the Kursk region. For now, just there. But we have information saying they could be employed in other parts of the front “, he added. According to him, North Korean troops are suffering “already notable losses”. He also accused Moscow of having crossed into war “another step”. “If this is not escalation, then what is the escalation that many are talking about?” he continued, referring to voices reluctant to support kyiv because they fear an escalation with Moscow.
Ukraine has warned that Russia has amassed some 50,000 troops, including several thousand North Korean troops, to regain control of areas of the Kursk region occupied by the Ukrainian army since a surprise offensive in early August. At the end of November, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin estimated that some 10,000 members of the North Korean army were in Russia's Kursk region.
