Source: Washington Post
“Ukrainian troops have clashed with North Korean forces for the first time, senior Ukrainian officials said — a development that would open a ‘new page of instability in the world,’ President Volodymyr Zelensky said. … A Ukrainian official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, confirmed Wednesday there had been ‘small-scale clashes’ between Ukrainian and North Korean soldiers, but he did not provide further details. Biden administration officials said on Thursday that Russia had deployed some 8,000 North Korean troops in the Kursk region, a Russian border area where Ukrainian forces seized territory in a surprise attack over the summer.” (11/06/24)