{"id":122755,"date":"2024-11-06T15:42:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T08:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122755"},"modified":"2024-11-06T15:42:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T08:42:39","slug":"ukraine-says-it-fought-n-korean-troops-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122755","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine says it fought N Korean troops for first time"},"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 data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">North Korean soldiers have clashed with Ukrainian troops for the first time, Ukraine&#8217;s top officials have revealed. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In an interview with South Korean broadcaster KBS, Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said a &#8220;small group&#8221; of North Korean soldiers were attacked.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky, who had earlier condemned the West&#8217;s lack of response to the North Korean troops, said these &#8220;first battles with North Korea open a new chapter of instability in the world&#8221;. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Seoul, however, said it &#8220;does not believe [troops on both sides] engaged in direct combat&#8221;, but that there was an &#8220;incident&#8221; involving a small number of North Korean soldiers &#8220;near the frontline&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Ukraine says an estimated 11,000 North Korean soldiers were in the Kursk border region, where Ukrainian troops have a foothold. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In recent weeks, South Korean and US intelligence as well as Nato have said that they have seen evidence of North Korean troops being involved in Russia&#8217;s war.    <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But Moscow and Pyongyang have so far not responded directly to any of the allegations.  <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Ukraine&#8217;s top counter-disinformation official Andriy Kovalenko first said in a Telegram post on Monday that North Korea&#8217;s &#8220;first military units&#8230; [had] already come under fire in Kursk&#8221;. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In an interview with South Korean broadcaster KBS, Rustem Umerov confirmed this, saying he expects a &#8220;significant number&#8221; of the North Korean troops to be engaged in combat, though he added it was &#8220;so far just small contacts, not full-scale engagement&#8221;. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Most of them are still undergoing training, he added.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;They&#8217;re wearing Russian uniforms, they&#8217;re undergoing tactical training, and they&#8217;re being deployed under various commands of the Russian army on the front lines,&#8221; Umerov said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He said it was likely that five units, each consisting of around 3,000 soldiers, would be deployed across the battlefield. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He did not mention if there were any casualties. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In a daily video address on Wednesday, Zelensky called on Ukraine &#8220;together with the world&#8230; [to do] everything to make this Russian step toward expanding the war&#8230; a failure. Both for them, and for North Korea.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Reports of such a move by North Korea have also alarmed the South, raising tensions between the two sides.  <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Late last month, Seoul had summoned Russia&#8217;s ambassador, seeking the &#8220;immediate withdrawal&#8221; of North Korean troops from Ukraine. It also warned that it was considering directly supplying arms to Ukraine.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Analysts have said that Pyongyang could be paid, or may be given access to Russian military technology in exchange for the troops.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">On Wednesday, Russian lawmakers will vote to ratify a mutual defence treaty with North Korea, first proposed during <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ceddqkqzd5wo\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s lavish visit to Pyongyang<!-- --><\/a> in June.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It pledges that Russia and North Korea will help each other in the event of &#8220;aggression&#8221; against either country. <!-- --><\/p>\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.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c14le0p4310o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean soldiers have clashed with Ukrainian troops for the first time, Ukraine&#8217;s top officials have revealed. 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