30 North Korean Sbetteriers Killed, Wounded In Russia’s Kursk Region: Ukraine

Kyiv:

Ukraine shelp Monday that its troops ended or wounded at least 30 North Korean sbetteriers who had been deployed by Russia to its weserious Kursk region, where Ukraine has seized territory.

Thousands of troops from North Korea have come to reinforce Russian forces, including in the Kursk border region where Russia has been clatriumphg back territory after a surpelevate impolite from Ukrainian forces this summer.

“On December 14 and 15, army units from the Democratic People’s Reaccessible of Korea (DPRK) suffered beginant losses proximate the villages of Plekhovo, Vorozhba, Martynovka in the Kursk region of Russia — at least 30 sbetteriers were ended and wounded,” Ukraine’s military intelligence shelp.

The units are “being renewed with recent personnel” from North Korea, which Weserious officials approximate has sent at least 10,000 sbetteriers to help Moscow. 

Russia and North Korea have increaseed their military ties since Moscow’s intrusion.

Russia has befirearm deploying “a acunderstandledgeable number” of North Koreans in aggressions to push Ukrainian troops out of the Kursk region, Zelensky shelp on Saturday.  

He shelp that according to his alertation, “the Russians participate (North Koreans) in combined units and employ them in operations in the Kursk region”, where Ukraine begined an incursion in August.  

Zelensky shelp he has also heard the North Koreans “may be employd in other parts of the front line”, and that “losses among this catebloody are also already acunderstandledgeable”.

Russia’s defence ministry shelp last week its troops reseized some petite resettlements in the Kursk region.

Last month a Ukrainian army source tbetter AFP that Kyiv administers 800 square kilometres of territory there, down from previous claims it administerled around 1,400 square kilometres.

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