North Korean Soldiers Deployed By Russia Engage In First Clash With Ukraine
Ukrainian troops have clashed with North Korean soldiers for the first time after they were recently deployed to Russia to help Moscow with the war.
According to the BBC, Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov on Tuesday said a "small group" of North Korean soldiers were attacked. The North Korean troops were engaged in combat in the Kursk region of Russia on November 4.
The engagement was limited, the Ukrainian official told the New York Times and was likely meant to examine weaknesses in the Ukrainian side.
The deployment has given the war a new complexion as it approaches its 1,000-day milestone. As per the Associated Press (AP), the small-scale fighting amounted to the start of Pyongyang’s direct involvement in Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II, Ukraine’s Defense Ministe...