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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned Monday that over 3,000 North Korean troopers have been killed or wounded combating towards Ukraine’s incursion in Russia’s Kursk area.
Pyongyang has despatched hundreds of troops to bolster the Russian navy, together with within the Kursk border area the place Ukraine mounted a shock border incursion in August.
Zelensky wrote on X that “in accordance with preliminary information, the variety of North Korean troopers killed and wounded within the Kursk area has already exceeded 3,000”.
South Korea mentioned earlier Monday that round 1,100 North Korean troopers have been killed or wounded since coming into fight in December.
The Ukrainian president mentioned he had acquired a report from military commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky on the state of affairs within the Kursk area and warned of “dangers of North Korea sending extra troops and navy gear to the Russian military”.
Zelensky mentioned the world wants to grasp that “rising cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang” results in a proportionate improve in “threat of destabilization across the Korean Peninsula and in neighbouring areas or waters”.
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