Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said today that North Korean forces fighting for Russia carried out offensive actions in the part of the Russian Kursk region occupied by the Ukrainian army.
"There is preliminary information that the Russians have started using North Korean soldiers in attacks," Zelensky said in his daily address.
"The Russians are integrating them into combined units and using them in operations in the Kursk region. For now, only there. But we have information that they could be used in other parts of the front as well," added Zelenski.
According to him, North Korean forces are already suffering "heavy losses".
The president of Ukraine also accused Moscow of taking the war "to another level".
Ukraine has warned that Russia has mobilized around 50.000 troops, including several thousand North Korean troops, to regain control of areas of the Kursk region that have been held by the Ukrainian army since a surprise offensive in early August.
South Korean government officials and experts said in November that Moscow was providing fuel, anti-aircraft missiles and economic aid to Pyongyang in exchange for military forces.
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