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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Heavy Israeli aerial bombardments of the southern suburbs of Beirut have also continued with intensity. On Friday an Israeli missile completely leveled a residential multi-story in the neighborhood of Chiyah. Israel’s military reportedly issued a civilian evacuation alert shortly before, and terrifying video from the scene suggests locals knew it was about to be struck.

In the south of Lebanon, near the border, UN peacekeeping forces say they are monitoring “heavy clashes” on Friday, saying most of the fighting is centered in the coastal town of Naqoura as well as the village of Chamaa.

There are also emerging reports which say four Italian soldiers were injured after two rockets hit a UNIFIL base in Chamaa. Italy’s deputy prime minister has said Hezbollah was likely behind the rocket firing: “There were believed to be two missiles, from what it appears, they are believed to have been launched by Hezbollah.”

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni issued a statement of “deep indignation and concern” over “new attacks suffered by the Italian headquarters of UNIFIL in southern Lebanon.”

“These attacks are unacceptable,” she stated, adding that “the parties on the ground to guarantee, at all times, the safety of UNIFIL soldiers and to collaborate to quickly identify those responsible.”

“We are aware of heavy shelling in the vicinity of our bases,” UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tenenti has said, saying that since the incident all UN troops appear to be safe “for the moment”.

Up until now, the UNIFIL has claimed its command posts came under attack by Israeli forces, including IDF tanks, several times. This appears to be the first time that Hezbollah fired on UN locations.

IDF forces earlier this week reached their deepest point into Lebanon since the ground invasion began, in the countryside vicinity of the port city of Tyre, which has been pummeled by airstrikes.

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Israel has repeatedly demanded that the UNIFIL troops withdraw – requests which have been refused. This puts the UNIFIL outposts in the direct line of fire as the war encircles their positions.

“UNIFIL strongly urges combating parties to avoid fighting next to its positions. Inviolability of UN premises and personnel must be respected at all times,” a Friday statement said.

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