kyiv says it clashed with North Korean soldiers in Russia

Monday 04th November 2024 07:04 AM

War in Ukraine –

Fighting between the Ukrainian army and North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region, according to a Ukrainian official.

Published today at 12:43 p.m.

Details were not provided on the nature of the fighting in the Russian border region of Kursk.

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Ukraine says it attacked North Korean soldiers in Russia for the first time. This allegedly happened in the Russian border region of Kursk, Andri Kovalenko, a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, said on Telegram on Monday. He did not give further details.

Pyongyang has reportedly sent some 10,000 soldiers to Russia to support Moscow in its war against Ukraine, a country that Russia invaded in February 2022.

“Significant escalation”

Last Friday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said some 8,000 North Korean troops were believed to be in Kursk. In August, kyiv managed to capture parts of this Russian region thanks to an unexpected counter-offensive. Meanwhile, Russian troops continue to advance into eastern Ukraine, according to Moscow.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced last Friday what he called the gross inadequacy of the reaction of his Western allies to the presence of North Korean troops in Russia. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, for his part, described the North Korean deployment as a “significant escalation”.

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