The Ukrainian President has revealed that North Korean troops They are back on the front line in the Russian region of after reports that Moscow Due to great losses, both dead and injured. Despite this, Moscow resorts again to them, which makes kyiv denounce that they are used as “cannon meat.”
More than 10,000 soldiers From the isolated Asian state they were sent to Russia last year to help him fight a Ukrainian offensive in the border region, according to South Korean and Western intelligence. In that area, Ukraine penetrated with its troops last August And, although with losses, their uniformed continue there raising battle to the Federation.
A Ukrainian military spokesman declared the French agency AFP last Friday that kyiv I had not registered activity or confrontations with North Korean troops for three weeks.
“There have been new attacks in the areas of Kursk’s operation … the Russian army and North Korean soldiers have been brought again“Zelenski said in his evening speech. The Ukrainian leader said that A “significant number” of enemy troops had been “destroyed”. “We are talking about Hundreds of Russian and North Korean soldiers“He added.
Kiev captured dozens of border settlements In his assault on Kursk six months ago, the first time a foreign army crossed Russian territory since World War II.
North Korean deployment, never officially confirmed by Moscow or Pyongyang, He had to reinforce the Russian army and help him expel Ukraine troops.
But to February Ukraine It still controls stripes of Russian territorysomething that Zelensky sees as a currency in future negotiations with Moscow.
