KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian troops have for the first time engaged with North Korean units that were recently deployed to help Russia in the war with its neighbor, Ukraine’s defense minister said Tuesday. Another Kyiv official said Ukraine’s army fired artillery at North Korean soldiers in Russia's Kursk border region . AdvertisementNorth Korean soldiers are mixed with Russian troops and are misidentified on their uniforms, Umerov was quoted as saying by KBS. That makes it hard to say whether there were any North Korean casualties, he said. The Pentagon said Monday that at least 10,000 North Korean soldiers were in Russia near Ukraine’s border .

Source: The North Africa Journal November 05, 2024 13:07 UTC