{"id":124487,"date":"2024-11-11T05:34:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T22:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124487"},"modified":"2024-11-11T05:34:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T22:34:49","slug":"large-group-of-russian-and-north-korean-forces-prepared-to-retake-russias-kursk-region-from-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124487","title":{"rendered":"Large group of Russian and North Korean forces prepared to retake Russia\u2019s Kursk region from Ukraine"},"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-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3by1ysi004b2bp4efxve2d1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Russia has amassed a large force of tens of thousands \u2014 including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/29\/asia\/north-korean-soldiers-russia-ukraine-intl-hnk\/index.html\">recently arrived North Korean troops<\/a> \u2014 to carry out an assault on the Ukrainian positions in Russia\u2019s Kursk region expected in the coming days, a US official told CNN on Sunday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3by2pp600073b6lrt5ave8j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/07\/europe\/zelensky-north-korean-troops-russia-putin-intl-hnk\/index.html\">said Thursday<\/a> that about 11,000 North Korean soldiers are in the region, where Ukraine\u2019s three-month <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/12\/europe\/ukraine-kursk-russia-incursion-putin-intl\/index.html\">military incursion<\/a> into Russian territory has stalled.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3by2pp600083b6l2zujwxpc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/10\/us\/politics\/russia-north-korea-troops-ukraine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported Sunday<\/a> that some 50,000 Russia and North Korean troops are set to take part in the assault.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3by2pp600093b6l50dmwbw2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN has reached out to the Ukrainian government for comment.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3c1fh880000356mp56mczhu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A Ukrainian commander told CNN Sunday that North Korean troops were taking part in direct combat operations in Kursk, as well as defensive operations in the neighboring Belgorod region of Russia and in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3c1hdfx0005356mnj9m8fhs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cMostly, the tasks are defined as the second echelon of defense. In the Kursk region, these are direct combat operations,\u201d he said, adding that among the personnel were specialist artillerymen and snipers.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3c1hdfx0007356mu2fr39e3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThese groups will be directly involved in combat operations in the short term on the territory of Ukraine. They are highly likely to emerge in the occupied territories of Ukraine as well,\u201d the commander said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3c1hdfx000a356macjoghol@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            He said the North Korean troops were a \u201csignificant resource\u201d for Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine, as even those being deployed defensively would free up Russian troops for assault operations elsewhere and would themselves eventually be used in direct combat.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3c1hdfx000b356mmma8msk2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIn military terms, they amount to three full-blooded brigades. Imagine that now the enemy withdraws 10,000 soldiers from the second line of defense, puts soldiers from North Korea there, and sends these three brigades to one of the (places where) active hostilities are underway. Are three full-blooded brigades a significant resource? Yes, it is a significant resource,\u201d Fedorenko said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3bzgyix00003b6m1dedm2ti@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Reports that North Korea was sending troops to Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/24\/europe\/ukraine-north-korean-troops-spotted-kursk-intl-latam\/index.html\">began appearing last month<\/a>, though both countries dismissed the allegations at the time. Russia and North Korea, both pariahs in the West, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/06\/20\/asia\/russia-putin-kim-deal-military-assistance-intl-hnk\/index.html\">have forged increasingly friendly ties<\/a> since Moscow\u2019s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. North Korea <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/23\/asia\/north-korea-troops-russia-ukraine-explainer-intl-hnk\/index.html\">has one of the world\u2019s largest militaries<\/a> with 1.2 million soldiers, but most of its troops lack combat experience.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3by2pp6000a3b6lpctml8rn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Ukraine invaded the Kursk region over the summer, shocking Russia, in the first invasion of the country since World War II.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3by2pp6000b3b6lsg5b0jg8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But Ukraine\u2019s incursion hasn\u2019t stopped Russia\u2019s steady advancement in the eastern part of Ukraine, where its army chief has warned his forces are facing \u201cone of the most powerful Russian offensives\u201d since the start of the war.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3by2pp6000c3b6lut8vy29b@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Moscow is also unleashing near-constant waves of long-range <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/10\/europe\/ukraine-largest-drone-attack-moscow-intl\/index.html\">drone strikes<\/a> on Ukrainian cities and firing decoy drones without warheads to overwhelm Ukraine\u2019s air defenses, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/07\/europe\/russia-ukraine-kyiv-drone-record-intl\/index.html\">according<\/a> to a spokesperson for Ukraine\u2019s air force.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3by2pp6000e3b6lz1gohcpe@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Ukrainian president said from Budapest on Thursday that world leaders are not listening hard enough to his pleas to allow Kyiv to use long-range weapons as it faces a \u201cnew wave of escalation\u201d involving \u201cthe army of another state in the war against Ukraine.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3by2pp6000f3b6lxjcdx1ly@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            All of this comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/06\/politics\/trump-election-ukraine-war-russia-intl\/index.html\">amid questions about Ukraine\u2019s future<\/a> with US President-elect Donald Trump set to take office in January. Trump has promised to end the war in \u201c24 hours.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3by2pp6000g3b6l1jr99lei@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Throughout his election campaign, Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/06\/politics\/jd-vance-elected-vice-president\/index.html\">JD Vance<\/a>, cast doubts on continued US commitment to Kyiv. They made comments suggesting the US could pressure Ukraine into an uneasy truce with Russia, causing Kyiv and its NATO allies to brace for the possibility of a dramatic reduction in US support two and a half years after Moscow invaded.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3by2pp6000i3b6l2uzxlpmy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first public comments on the US election, saying he is ready for dialogue with the Republican president-elect and noting that Trump\u2019s comments on ending Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine \u201cdeserve attention at the very least.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3by2pp6000k3b6l8hnvto5r@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/08\/europe\/ukraine-trump-elon-musk-zelensky-intl-latam\/index.html\">Trump and Zelensky spoke<\/a> the day after the election, when the Ukrainian president called to congratulate the president-elect for what a source briefed on the call described as a positive conversation. Trump put the call on speaker, and tech billionaire Elon Musk joined the conversation. The call was roughly seven minutes long, and no policy was discussed, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3by5o0q000o3b6lbjij086b@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Meanwhile, the Biden administration on Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/08\/politics\/biden-administration-american-military-contractors-deploy-ukraine\/index.html\">lifted a de facto ban<\/a> on American military contractors deploying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a> to help the country\u2019s military maintain and repair US-provided weapons systems, an official with direct knowledge of the plan told CNN. The move allows the Pentagon to provide contracts to American companies for work inside Ukraine for the first time since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/europe\/russia\">Russia<\/a> invaded in 2022.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph paragraph_contributors inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_contributors\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3by21pg00003b6lyibxbot4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN\u2019s Jack Forrest, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/profiles\/helen-regan\">Helen Regan<\/a>, Svitlana Vlasova, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/profiles\/tara-john\">Tara John<\/a>, Victoria Butenko, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/profiles\/nic-robertson\">Nic Robertson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/profiles\/kristen-holmes-bio\">Kristen Holmes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/profiles\/natasha-bertrand-profile\">Natasha Bertrand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/profiles\/haley-britzky\">Haley Britzky<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/profiles\/oren-liebermann\">Oren Liebermann<\/a> contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/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.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/10\/europe\/russia-north-korea-forces-prepared-kursk-ukraine\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Russia has amassed a large force of tens of thousands \u2014 including recently arrived North Korean troops \u2014 to carry out an assault on the Ukrainian positions in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124487\" 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-124487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124487","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=124487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}