{"id":122662,"date":"2024-11-06T09:34:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T02:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122662"},"modified":"2024-11-06T09:34:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T02:34:53","slug":"ukraine-and-north-korean-troops-clash-for-first-time-zelenskyy-warns-of-escalation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122662","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine and North Korean troops clash for first time, Zelenskyy warns of escalation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Ukraine has engaged militarily for the first time with North Korean troops deployed to support Russia in its ongoing war with its neighbor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/volodymyr-zelenskyy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukrainian\u00a0President Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a> said Tuesday in a nightly address.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Zelenskyy did not go into detail about the engagement but warned of what he says is Russia\u2019s intention to escalate the war that has raged for nearly 1,000 days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A Kyiv official said Ukraine\u2019s army fired artillery at North Korean soldiers in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-putin-kursk-incursion-ca6d18d06606794580bdc779d2c98134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Russia\u2019s Kursk border region<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/zelenskyy-warns-north-korea-russia-alliance-could-spell-trouble-asia-chinas-silence-striking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ZELENSKYY WARNS NORTH KOREA, RUSSIA ALLIANCE COULD SPELL TROUBLE FOR ASIA: CHINA&#8217;S &#8216;SILENCE IS STRIKING&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/343\/192\/kim-and-zelenskyy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/686\/384\/kim-and-zelenskyy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/672\/378\/kim-and-zelenskyy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1344\/756\/kim-and-zelenskyy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/931\/523\/kim-and-zelenskyy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1862\/1046\/kim-and-zelenskyy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/720\/405\/kim-and-zelenskyy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1440\/810\/kim-and-zelenskyy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1200\/675\/kim-and-zelenskyy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Zelenskyy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Ukrainian\u00a0President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un<\/span> <span>(Thierry Monasse\/Getty Images, left | Korean Central News Agency, right)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Terror, unfortunately, can spread like a virus when it does not meet sufficient counteraction. Now our counteraction must be sufficient, strong enough. The first battles with North Korean soldiers have opened a new chapter of instability in the world,&#8221; Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address as he thanked Ukraine\u2019s allies around the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Together with the world, we must do everything so that this Russian step to expand the war with real escalation fails. Both for Russia and North Korea.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>South Korea&#8217;s Defense Ministry said Tuesday that more than 10,000 North Korean troops arrived in Russia, with a &#8220;significant number&#8221; in the frontline areas, including the Kursk region where Ukrainian forces staged an incursion in August.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov told South Korean state television there had been a &#8220;small engagement&#8221; with the North Korean troops, per Reuters. The report, with excerpts from the interview, quoted Umerov as saying the engagement was small and not yet systematic in terms of mobilizing soldiers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/343\/192\/north-korea-2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/686\/384\/north-korea-2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/672\/378\/north-korea-2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1344\/756\/north-korea-2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/931\/523\/north-korea-2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1862\/1046\/north-korea-2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/720\/405\/north-korea-2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1440\/810\/north-korea-2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1200\/675\/north-korea-2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"NORTH KOREA\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is shown during artillery drills on March 7, 2024.<\/span> <span>(Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Umerov reportedly said he expects five North Korean units, each consisting of about 3,000 soldiers, zto be deployed to the Kursk area. North Korean soldiers are mixed with Russian troops and are misidentified on their uniforms, Umerov was quoted as saying, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/documents-reveal-russias-initial-peace-deal-equated-surrender-ukraine-report\"><strong>DOCUMENTS REVEAL RUSSIA&#8217;S INITIAL &#8216;PEACE DEAL&#8217; EQUATED TO THE SURRENDER OF UKRAINE: REPORT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Russia is\u00a0reported to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/1296573\/russia-ukraine-military-comparison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1.3 million active-duty soldiers<\/a>\u00a0with another 2 million in reserve. Russia is now seeing its highest number of casualties than at any other time since the war began, with some 1,200 casualties reported a day, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said last week. Despite the high number of casualties, there does not appear to be any end in sight to the war, validating early concerns that this would be a war of attrition.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy has been sounding the alarm that the recent deployment of North Korean troops in Russia not only spells trouble for Ukraine but also draws into question the stability and security of nations in Asia that are allied with the West.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;North Korea\u2019s actions aren\u2019t random,&#8221; Zelenskyy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1852061293114724667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in an <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1852061293114724667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">interview<\/a> with South Korea\u2019s public broadcasting network KBS on Thursday. &#8220;They have strategic goals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Their actions aren\u2019t coincidental. They want Russia\u2019s support in return,&#8221; he added in comments also posted to his social media account on X.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/343\/192\/zelenskyy-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/686\/384\/zelenskyy-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/672\/378\/zelenskyy-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1344\/756\/zelenskyy-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/931\/523\/zelenskyy-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1862\/1046\/zelenskyy-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/720\/405\/zelenskyy-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1440\/810\/zelenskyy-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1200\/675\/zelenskyy-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Zelenskyy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/span> <span>(Christoph Soeder\/Pool via AP\/File)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Zelenskyy has called on South Korea to take a bigger role in the conflict and has said that South Korea has already pledged to send a team of specialists to Ukraine, where they will collaborate on defensive capabilities, including air defense, as North Korea also provides Russian with artillery and missiles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If South Korea wants to understand the real capabilities of North Korea and its soldiers, it would benefit them to be here to see and analyze the reality firsthand,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Consider\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-pushes-goal-become-nuclear-powerhouse-warning-south-korea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how close North Korea is to [the South Korean capital] Seoul<\/a>\u00a0[25-30 miles], the range of modern artillery, not even missiles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Air defenses can\u2019t counter artillery strikes. Our own towns were obliterated by artillery. I hope South Korea never faces this, but preparation is critical,&#8221; Zelenskyy added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/343\/192\/north-korea-troops.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/686\/384\/north-korea-troops.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/672\/378\/north-korea-troops.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1344\/756\/north-korea-troops.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/931\/523\/north-korea-troops.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1862\/1046\/north-korea-troops.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/720\/405\/north-korea-troops.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1440\/810\/north-korea-troops.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1200\/675\/north-korea-troops.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"North Korean soldiers marching\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Soldiers march in a parade on the 70th anniversary of North Korea&#8217;s founding day in Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2018.<\/span> <span>(AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan\/File)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Zelenskyy also called into question China\u2019s &#8220;silence&#8221; with regard to the North\u2019s recent involvement in the war.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/north-korea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Korea<\/a>\u00a0was reported to have fired a barrage of short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The launch came days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a flight test of the country&#8217;s newest intercontinental ballistic missile designed to reach the U.S. mainland. In response to that launch, the United States flew a long-range B-1B bomber in a trilateral drill with South Korea\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/japan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and Japan<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday in a show of force.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<p> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.<\/p>\n<p>You can send tips to michael.dorgan@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @M_Dorgan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/ukraine-north-korean-troops-clash-first-time-zelenskyy-warns-escalation\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine has engaged militarily for the first time with North Korean troops deployed to support Russia in its ongoing war with its neighbor, Ukrainian\u00a0President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday in a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122662\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}