{"id":123656,"date":"2024-11-09T00:42:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T17:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123656"},"modified":"2024-11-09T00:42:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T17:42:49","slug":"new-details-of-first-ukraine-attack-on-north-koreans-in-russias-kursk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123656","title":{"rendered":"New Details of First Ukraine Attack on North Koreans in Russia&#8217;s Kursk"},"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<ul class=\"summary-list\">\n<li>Ukrainian forces have struck North Korean troops in Russia&#8217;s Kursk region, marking a new phase in the war.<\/li>\n<li>A Ukrainian official said the troops were wearing Russian uniforms and hit by an artillery strike.<\/li>\n<li>He said that since the first attack, there had been daily battles around Ukrainian-held Sudzha.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- Excluded mobile ad on desktop --><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-newsletter-signup&#10;                          headline-regular loading&#10;                          insider-today\" id=\"formContainer\" data-component-type=\"inline-newsletter-module\" data-event-label=\"insider_today\" data-newsletter-id=\"1\" data-newsletter-title=\"Insider Today\" data-acq-source=\"defenseinlinesignup\" data-track-view=\"{&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;inline_newsletter&quot;}\">\n<section class=\"inline-newsletter-content\">\n<div class=\"success-container__mobile d-none\">\n<p>Thanks for signing up!<\/p>\n<p>\n                              Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you&#8217;re on the go.<br \/>\n                              <button class=\"rounded-button headline-semibold white-button download\" type=\"white\"><br \/>\n                                download the app<br \/>\n                              <\/button>      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<form id=\"emailCapture\" action=\"javascript:void(0);\" method=\"POST\" novalidate=\"\">\n<div class=\"sign-up-tos headline-regular\" id=\"nlTos\">\n                                  By clicking \u201cSign Up\u201d, you accept our <a class=\"tos-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insider-inc.com\/terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Service<\/a> and <a class=\"tos-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insider-inc.com\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy<\/a>. You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking &#8220;unsubscribe&#8221; at the bottom of the email.\n                              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"inline-newsletter-img-wrapper-desktop\">\n<div class=\"lazy-holder lazy-holder  has-transparency\" style=\"padding-top: calc(100% * 124 \/ 111)\">\n<p>                              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-image has-transparency\" viewbox=\"0 0 1 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/public\/assets\/rebrand\/newsletter-bull.png\" alt=\"Bull\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              <noscript><br \/>\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/public\/assets\/rebrand\/newsletter-bull.png\"\/><br \/>\n                              <\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Ukrainian official gave Business Insider further details about the first clashes between Ukrainian and North Korean troops in Russia&#8217;s Kursk region, where Ukraine launched a cross-border counteroffensive in August.<\/p>\n<p>Andrii Kovalenko, the head of Ukraine&#8217;s Center for Countering Disinformation, <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/north-korea-soldiers-attacked-under-fire-russia-kursk-ukraine-official-2024-11\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">said on Monday<\/a> that &#8220;the first North Korean troops have already come under fire in Kursk Oblast.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This was later confirmed by Ukraine&#8217;s defense minister, Rustem Umerov, who called it a &#8220;small engagement.&#8221; Rustem said the skirmish signaled decisively that North Korea had joined the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>In remarks sent to BI, Kovalenko gave more details about the attack.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Excluded mobile ad on desktop --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was an ordinary combat engagement in the Kursk region,&#8221; he said, describing how Ukrainian forces conduct reconnaissance, identify enemy positions, and launch strikes.<\/p>\n<p>He said Ukrainian forces knew that North Korean troops wearing Russian uniforms had been distributed across various Russian army units in the region for training under combat conditions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An artillery strike was launched against a position where Russians and North Korean military personnel were located,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kovalenko added that it wasn&#8217;t an isolated incident.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Excluded mobile ad on desktop --><\/p>\n<p>He said &#8220;daily battles&#8221; were now occurring in the area around Sudzha, a Ukraine-held town at the center of its push into the region.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course, shelling of the positions occurs daily,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<section class=\"dad-related-posts-component at-inline related-posts \" data-component-type=\"dad-related-posts\" data-delay-third-party-scripts=\"true\" data-size=\"2\" data-container-index=\"in_content_recirc_1\" data-included-verticals=\"defense\" data-placement=\"inline\" data-prevent-collision=\"true\" data-excluded-verticals=\"bi-video\" data-root-margin=\"250px 0px\" data-track-view=\"{&quot;event&quot;:&quot;module_in_view&quot;,&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;in_content_recirc&quot;,&quot;subscription_experience&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;in_content_recirc_1&quot;}\">\n<p><h2 class=\"content-recommendations-title headline-semibold ignore-typography \">\n                                Related stories<br \/>\n                              <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>On Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said North Korean soldiers \u2014 which Ukraine says number 11,000 \u2014 had <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/zelenskiy-says-nkorean-troops-have-suffered-losses-clashes-with-ukraine-2024-11-07\/\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">already suffered losses in Kursk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kovalenko said the North Koreans were being given &#8220;a few weeks&#8221; of training before being sent to live combat positions.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Excluded mobile ad on desktop --><\/p>\n<p>He said they posed &#8220;a serious threat that requires additional resources from our forces.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also said some were being given training in <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/russia-passing-deadly-drone-techniques-to-north-korea-ukraine-official-2024-11\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">using reconnaissance and strike drones<\/a>, skills that present a future risk to South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Once back in North Korea, they could use their new drone know-how &#8220;for future terrorist actions in the border areas with South Korea,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>BI was unable to independently confirm Kovalenko&#8217;s account.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Excluded mobile ad on desktop --><\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, Ukrainian intelligence has shared details of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ukrainian-intel-details-weapons-says-moscow-given-north-korean-troops-2024-11\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\"><u>military equipment it says Russia has issued<\/u><\/a> to North Koreans, including mortars, rifles, machine guns, and anti-tank missiles.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea experts told BI the military partnership between Moscow and Pyongyang was a <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/north-korea-military-officials-helping-russia-ukraine-win-for-kim-2024-10\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">win-win for both countries<\/a>. But on a practical level, they also spoke of the logistical difficulties of <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/north-korea-troops-aid-russia-what-means-for-ukraine-war-2024-10\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">combining two militaries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This includes the conditions the troops will probably be cooperating under \u2014 including language issues, strains of racism from some Russian troops, as well as close supervision from North Korean officials to <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/how-kim-north-korea-stops-troops-defecting-ukraine-russia-brutal-2024-10\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">make sure they don&#8217;t desert<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian intelligence also recently shared what it said was <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/russia-complain-north-korea-intercepted-call-ukraine-intel-nato-war-2024-10\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">intercepted audio of Russian servicemen<\/a> discussing the coming Korean troops in a conversation that suggested a chaotic start to North Koreans joining Russia&#8217;s fight.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>window.allScripts = window.allScripts || []; window.allScripts.push({ type: \"load\", script: \"%3Cscript%20id%3D%22meta-pixel-script%22%3E(()%3D%3E%7Bvar%20e%3D%7B69531%3A()%3D%3E%7Bvar%20e%2Cr%2Cn%2Ct%2Co%2Ci%3Bfunction%20s()%7Bwindow.Fenrir%3F.cm%3F.usPrivacyApplies%26%26%22ACCEPT%22%3D%3D%3Dwindow.Fenrir%3F.cm%3F.userConsent.OPT_OUT%3Ffbq(%22dataProcessingOptions%22%2C%5B%22LDU%22%5D%2C0%2C0)%3Afbq(%22dataProcessingOptions%22%2C%5B%5D)%2Cfbq(%22init%22%2C%221988166924554892%22)%2Cfbq(%22track%22%2C%22PageView%22)%7De%3Dwindow%2Cr%3Ddocument%2Cn%3D%22script%22%2Ce.fbq%7C%7C(t%3De.fbq%3Dfunction()%7Bt.callMethod%3Ft.callMethod.apply(t%2Carguments)%3At.queue.push(arguments)%7D%2Ce._fbq%7C%7C(e._fbq%3Dt)%2Ct.push%3Dt%2Ct.loaded%3D!0%2Ct.version%3D%222.0%22%2Ct.queue%3D%5B%5D%2C(o%3Dr.createElement(n)).async%3D!0%2Co.src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Ffbevents.js%22%2C(i%3Dr.getElementsByTagName(n)%5B0%5D).parentNode.insertBefore(o%2Ci))%2Cwindow.Fenrir%3F.cm%3F.cmStarted%26%26window.Fenrir%3F.cm%3F.userConsent%3Fs()%3AsetTimeout(s%2C1e3)%7D%7D%2Cr%3D%7B%7D%3Bfunction%20n(t)%7Bvar%20o%3Dr%5Bt%5D%3Bif(void%200!%3D%3Do)return%20o.exports%3Bvar%20i%3Dr%5Bt%5D%3D%7Bexports%3A%7B%7D%7D%3Breturn%20e%5Bt%5D(i%2Ci.exports%2Cn)%2Ci.exports%7Dn.m%3De%2Cn.c%3Dr%2Cn.o%3D(e%2Cr)%3D%3EObject.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(e%2Cr)%2C(()%3D%3E%7Bn.S%3D%7B%7D%3Bvar%20e%3D%7B%7D%2Cr%3D%7B%7D%3Bn.I%3D(t%2Co)%3D%3E%7Bo%7C%7C(o%3D%5B%5D)%3Bvar%20i%3Dr%5Bt%5D%3Bif(i%7C%7C(i%3Dr%5Bt%5D%3D%7B%7D)%2C!(o.indexOf(i)%3E%3D0))%7Bif(o.push(i)%2Ce%5Bt%5D)return%20e%5Bt%5D%3Bn.o(n.S%2Ct)%7C%7C(n.S%5Bt%5D%3D%7B%7D)%3Bn.S%5Bt%5D%3Bvar%20s%3D%5B%5D%3Breturn%20s.length%3Fe%5Bt%5D%3DPromise.all(s).then((()%3D%3Ee%5Bt%5D%3D1))%3Ae%5Bt%5D%3D1%7D%7D%7D)()%3Bn(69531)%7D)()%3B%3C%2Fscript%3E\" });<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><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.businessinsider.com\/new-details-first-ukraine-attack-north-korea-troops-russia-kursk-2024-11\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian forces have struck North Korean troops in Russia&#8217;s Kursk region, marking a new phase in the war. 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