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First since World War II: “North Korean soldiers suffered their first casualties”

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November 8, 2024

Recently, Ukrainian and North Korean troops came face to face for the first time in Russian territory, Kursk. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, North Korean soldiers who raided Ukrainian positions suffered their first casualties on the front. It was reported that 11,000 North Korean soldiers were on the front, and that this was the first ground operation by a foreign power in Russia since World War II. North Korean troops are being deployed to an active battlefield for the first time since the 1950s. The involvement of a second nuclear power in Russia’s war against Ukraine threatens to expand the war.

Russian marines, with the support of North Korean troops, attacked Ukrainian positions in Russian Kursk on Thursday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk Oblast suffered their first casualties.
“Currently, 11,000 North Korean soldiers are located in Russian territory close to the Ukrainian border, especially in Kursk Oblast. Some of these soldiers participated in combat operations against Ukrainian forces and are already suffering casualties,” Zelenskyy said at a press conference. The New York Times reported earlier this week, citing senior U.S. and Ukrainian officials, that scores of North Korean soldiers had been killed.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un describes his army as “the strongest in the world,” but the soldiers have never seen combat and are unfamiliar with the terrain they are deployed on. Experts say the soldiers, most of whom are thought to be between 19 and 20 years old, trained in mountainous North Korea and have no experience on Ukraine’s vast, flat battlefields.
Russia has deployed North Korean forces to the Kursk region to counter Ukraine’s surprise attack. This was the first ground operation by a foreign power in Russia since World War II.
Zelenski fears North Korean troops will take on a larger role if his allies do not put more pressure on Putin. The Ukrainian leader called for long-range strikes to be allowed at every opportunity, saying, “We believe that if we do not use the appropriate weapons and do not put political pressure on the Russian Federation, the next step could be a much greater use of North Korean troops.”
Ukraine and its NATO allies are also assessing how Donald Trump’s re-election could affect the course of the war.
Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first statements on the US elections, saying he was ready for a dialogue with Trump.
Putin congratulated Trump on his election victory and praised his “courageous” stance following the assassination attempt in July. Trump said he would end the war “within 24 hours” and implied that Ukraine should “make some concessions” to Moscow.
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