“Pentagon representative Sabrina Singh said at a briefing that the US Department of Defense does not see any signs that would indicate that the military from North Korea is in the occupied territories of Ukraine or is advancing in this direction.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Pentagon representative Sabrina Singh said at a briefing that the US Department of Defense does not see any signs that would indicate that the military from North Korea is in the occupied territories of Ukraine or is advancing in this direction.
Source: “Ukrinform”
Singh’s direct speech: “There are no signs that there are North Korean soldiers in Ukraine.”
Details: She noted that the Pentagon can confirm the presence of North Korean troops in the Kursk region, which borders Ukraine. However, according to Singh, no movements of North Korean military units into Ukrainian territory have been recorded.
What happened before: Before that, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Anatoliy Bargylevych, said that there are more than 11,000 North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region of Russia, and they have already participated in battles against the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
Prehistory:
- On November 7, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, stated that there are already losses among North Korean soldiers fighting on the side of the Russian Federation in Kurshchyna.
- In the third quarter of 2024, a record number of North Korean citizens came to Russia, who indicated the purpose of the trip was training amid reports of North Korean soldiers defecting to participate in the war against Ukraine.
- The US State Department said that Russia’s success on the battlefield using North Korean troops will depend on the level of their integration into the Russian army.
- Last week, the United States confirmed that North Korean troops took part in hostilities in the Kursk region for the first time.
- In addition, according to The New York Times, a group of 50,000 Russian and North Korean troops is preparing to launch a large-scale counteroffensive in the Kursk region.