{"id":138126,"date":"2024-12-17T18:47:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T11:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138126"},"modified":"2024-12-17T18:47:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T11:47:28","slug":"u-s-cites-indications-north-korean-soldiers-died-fighting-for-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138126","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Cites \u2018Indications\u2019 North Korean Soldiers Died Fighting for Russia"},"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-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Pentagon has seen \u201cindications\u201d that the North Korean forces who have been sent to Russia to help the Kremlin in its war against Ukraine have suffered their first casualties, according to a U.S. official.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon spokesman, told reporters on Monday that the North Koreans had entered combat last week in the Russian region of Kursk, where Russia has been trying to recapture territory that Ukraine seized in a surprise cross-border offensive starting in August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe do assess that North Korean soldiers have engaged in combat in Kursk,\u201d General Ryder said. \u201cWe do have indications that they have suffered casualties, both killed and wounded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Monday, Ukraine\u2019s military intelligence agency said at least 30 North Korean soldiers had been killed or injured along the front line in Kursk over the weekend, in the Russian villages of Plekhovo, Vorozhba and Martynovka. The claims could not be independently verified.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The entry of North Korea into the war in Ukraine has marked a serious escalation in the conflict, one with consequences for Asia and the West.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The decision by President Biden a month ago to allow Ukraine to use American long-range missiles against certain military targets in Russia was in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/17\/us\/politics\/biden-ukraine-russia-atacms-missiles.html\" title=\"\">response<\/a> to Russia\u2019s decision to bring North Korean troops into the war, U.S. officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In June, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and Kim Jung-un, North Korea\u2019s leader, revived a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/19\/world\/asia\/putin-meets-kim-north-korea.html\" title=\"\">mutual defense pledge<\/a>, deepening ties that stretch beyond the Cold War.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ukraine and South Korea first warned about the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/zelenskiy-says-north-koreans-fighting-with-russians-ukraine-2024-10-13\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">movement<\/a> of North Korean troops to Russia in mid-October. In early November, General Ryder said that at <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/north-korea-troops-russia-ukraine.html\" title=\"\">least 10,000<\/a> North Korean troops had traveled thousands of miles from eastern Russia to the Kursk region, which borders Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While there have been daily rumors about the North Koreans \u2014 about what they are eating, where they are and how they are communicating with Russians \u2014 this was the first official confirmation by the Pentagon that the North Koreans are actually fighting in Kursk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said on Saturday that the Russia had begun to use a significant number of North Korean soldiers in assaults in Kursk. 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