According to Ukraine’s top officials, North Korean soldiers have for the first day clashed with Russian troops.
Rustem Umerov, the minister of Ukraine’s defense, claimed a” little group” of North Korean men were attacked in an interview with South Korean journalist KBS.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the leader of Ukraine, before said these” first battles with North Korea opened a new section of volatility in the world.” He had previously previously condemned the West’s unwillingness to respond to the North Korean troops.
He said an approximated 11, 000 North Vietnamese soldiers were in the Kursk borders region, where Russian forces have a hold.
Ukraine’s top counter-disinformation official Andriy Kovalenko first said in a Telegram post on Monday that North Korea’s” first military units …]had ] already come under fire in Kursk”.
In an interview with North Korean journalist KBS, Rustem Umerov confirmed this, saying he expects a” major amount” of the North Vietnamese soldiers to be engaged in combat, though he added it was” so far just little connections, not full-scale engagement”.
Most of them are also undergoing education, he added.
” They’re wearing Soviet clothes, they’re undergoing military training, and they’re being deployed under various orders of the Soviet troops on the front lines”, Umerov said.
He said it was probable that five devices, each consisting of around 3, 000 men, had been deployed across the field.
He did not mention if there were any deaths.
In a regular picture address on Wednesday, Zelensky called on Ukraine” together with the world …]to would ] anything to make this Russian action toward expanding the war… a loss. Both for them, and for North Korea”.
Previous reports from knowledge resources from South Korea, the US, and NATO all confirmed the operations of North Korean army.
Late last month, Seoul had summoned Russia’s adviser, seeking the “immediate removal” of the North Korean army. Additionally, it has urged caution against immediately supplying arms to Ukraine.
According to experts, Pyongyang might receive compensation for the troops or perhaps receive access to Russian military equipment.
A common defense agreement between Russia and North Korea, which was first proposed during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s beautiful visit to Pyongyang in June, will be ratified on Wednesday.
It guarantees that Russia and North Korea did lend support to one another in the event of “aggression” against either nation. Both nations have not yet confirmed or refuted the sending of North Vietnamese soldiers to Russia.