“At the end of October, Western publications reported that North Korea had sent military personnel to Russia to participate in hostilities against Ukraine. According to Ukraine and Western countries, more than 10,000 North Korean troops have arrived in the Kursk region”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The Russians include them in combined units and use them in operations in the districts of the Kursk region. So far only there. But we have information that it can be used in other areas of the front as well. Losses among this category are already noticeable. In fact, Moscow involved another state in this war, and involved it as much as possible. And if this is not an escalation, then what is the escalation that many have been talking about?” – asked the head of state in a traditional video message.
Earlier, the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Andriy Chernyak, told RFE/RL’s “Donbas Realities” project that two thousand North Korean servicemen have been sent to a marine brigade and an airborne division of the Russian army.
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine previously reported that the first military units from the DPRK arrived in the combat zone of the Russian-Ukrainian war on October 23, “their appearance was recorded in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.”
On November 5, the sources of the Financial Times and Suspilnyi in the special services informed about the first combat clashes between the Ukrainian and North Korean military in the Kursk region. It was noted that so far “we are not talking about major clashes”.
At the end of October, Western publications reported that North Korea had sent military personnel to Russia to participate in hostilities against Ukraine. According to Ukraine and Western countries, more than 10,000 North Korean troops have arrived in the Kursk region; at the beginning of November, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, reported that they had suffered their first losses. Moscow and Pyongyang did not confirm the direct participation of the North Korean military in the fighting.