Kiev announced the first exchange of fire with North Korean forces in Kursk!
reported by Mehr News Agency, citing Kyudo, one of the senior security officials of Ukraine claimed that the country’s army forces experienced the first exchange of fire with the forces that Kiev claims were sent from North Korea to the Ukrainian war front.
Andrei Kvalenko, the head of the center for countering the spread of lies under the supervision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, wrote on his Telegram channel: The first unit of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in Kursk came under fire and was attacked. .
Kovalenko did not provide any information or evidence of the “one-line” message, but his claim is the first official confirmation by Kiev of direct engagement with North Korean troops in Kursk, near the Ukrainian border.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, speaking to a South Korean TV station last week, denied media reports of heavy casualties among North Korean forces in the battle with the Ukrainian army, but claimed that it was expected. Clashes and exchanges of fire with Pyongyang’s forces will occur “not in the coming months, but in the next few days.”
Now Kovalenko’s claim is a confirmation of the claim of the President of Ukraine. Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Agency claimed on Saturday that Russia has moved more than 7,000 North Korean troops to the far east of Russia and near the border areas. This organization previously claimed that part of the North Korean forces were sent to Kursk.
This Ukrainian intelligence agency has claimed that Russia has moved its allied forces with at least 28 military planes. The claim of Kiev has been repeated and confirmed by South Korea, Washington and NATO.
Moscow and Pyongyang signed a bilateral strategic partnership agreement earlier this month, according to which the parties are obliged to provide military assistance to each other in the event of an attack by a third country. Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to confirm or deny the reports about the presence of North Korean forces in Russia, but emphasized that “what the two countries do to fulfill their requirements and obligations under the new agreement is only between North Korea and Russia.” /p>
