Ukraine engages with North Korean troops in Russia for first time during war: report


Ukrainian soldiers have engaged with North Korean troops in Russia for the first time, Ukraine’s defense minister said Tuesday. The North Koreans were sent there to assist Russia in the ongoing fight with Ukraine. Ukraine reportedly fired the first shot, according to ABC News.

The reported exchange of fire is the first confirmation that the two armies have met since North Korea deployed its forces to the conflict that is nearing its 1,000-day length. The two forces met in “small-scale” combat that amounted to North Korea’s first armed conflict in over 70 years, since the end of the Korean War in 1953. Ukraine’s Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said North Korean soldiers are mixed with Russian troops and are wearing the same uniforms, making it nearly impossible to say if any North Koreans have been wounded or killed in fighting. Ukraine continues to insist that it should be a member of NATO.

Umerov reportedly said about 3,000 North Koreans will join the war in the Kursk area. His words were confirmed by Andrii Kovalenko, the head of the counter-disinformation branch of Ukraine’s Security Council, who said “the first North Korean troops have already been shelled, in the Kursk region.” North Korea may send more soldiers from its 1.3 million member army.

“Despite integration challenges — including communication barriers and differing military doctrines — the deployment of North Korean troops to Russia represents a significant shift in European and Asian security relations,” according to an analysis published Tuesday by the European Council on Foreign Relations, an international think tank.c“For the first time in generations, troops from East Asia are actively engaging in a European conflict.”

The fighting capability of North Korea’s troops is unknown but will probably not prove crucial in what appears to be Ukraine’s eventual defeat with Russia continuing to advance on all fronts, according to the UK’s Ministry of Defense, which said Russia continues to maintain superior troop levels and is able to replenish losses. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s “victory plan” involves granting his country NATO status and embroiling the US in a war with Russia, both direct trips to a nuclear confrontation.

This Story originally came from humanevents.com

 


 

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Dave Smith: Will Trump Be Able To End The War In Ukraine?

Dave Smith: Will Trump Be Able To End The War In Ukraine?

At a recent pre-election speaking and podcast event, comedian and Libertarian political commentator Dave Smith expressed his view that it is very realistic that the next President Donald Trump could successfully negotiate an end to the Ukraine war

Smith’s view is optimistic, as he articulated that he believes Trump’s expressed desire to end wars in Ukraine and Gaza is genuine. But Smith also laid out that much depends on who Trump puts around him in top national security positions. Below is the hard-hitting segment featuring the prominent commentator addressing the question: will Trump be able to end the war in Ukraine?

Below are Dave Smith’s words from the segment on Trump and Ukraine below [emphasis ZH]…

“Why the hell are we even expanding our military alliance to Ukraine? And listen, Donald Trump always says that the war ‘never would have happened if I was president, and I would negotiate an end to this.’

And I gotta say I think he’s right about that. I don’t think the war would have happened if he was president – I think he will negotiate an end to it.

I don’t think he’s right that Hamas wouldn’t have attacked Israel if he was president – that seems kind of ridiculous to me. But he’s right: the Ukraine war could be over tomorrow if American wanted to negotiated a peace to it.

Vladimir Putin has been trying to the entire time… 

Well the question becomes who does Donald Trump put around him? If Donald Trump puts Mike Pompeo, aka Liz Cheney’s pick for Defense Secretary… if he puts John Bolton, aka Hillary Clinton’s pick for national security adviser – then maybe not, maybe it doesn’t happen.

But if he listens to Tucker Carlson, and ‘Bobby’ Kennedy, and Vivek Ramaswamy, and all the smart people around him – then yes, he could negotiate an end to that war.”

Image source: Reason

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Indeed, the question ultimately becomes: will Trump really keep the ‘swamp’ out of his administration this time around? We hope so.

Tyler Durden
Wed, 11/06/2024 – 18:00

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