Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed a new Ukrainian offensive in Russia’s Kursk region and said that North Korean troops were fighting alongside Russian forces there.
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“In the areas of the Kursk operation, new assaults have taken place,” Zelensky said during his Friday address, adding, “Russia has once again deployed North Korean soldiers alongside its troops.”
According to Zelensky, a “significant number” of enemy troops were destroyed. He gave no details but said the losses were in the hundreds.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense said on Saturday that it had repelled a Ukrainian counter-attack in the Kursk region.
Russia said on Friday its forces had captured the mining town of Toretsk in their latest breakthrough in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, where Ukrainian defences are creaking. Ukrainian officials did not confirm the report.
South Korea’s military said last month that it suspected North Korea was preparing to send additional troops to Russia after its soldiers suffered heavy casualties.