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Ukraine reports North Korean losses on Russia's Kursk front
Dec 16 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Monday that North Korean units fighting for Russia sustained losses of at least 30 soldiers killed or wounded around several villages on the front in Russia's Kursk region over the weekend. Ukraine's military spy agency reported the losses in a statement after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday Russia was using North Korean troops in significant numbers for the first time to conduct assaults in Kursk, a Russian region where Ukraine launched a cross-border incursion in August. The statement is the first time...
Ukrainian forces claim 'significant' casualties among North Koreans in Kursk
Ukrainian intelligence said at least 30 North Koreans were killed or wounded. LONDON -- The Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Directorate of Intelligence said on Monday that at least 30 North Korean soldiers were killed and wounded in weekend battles in Russia's western Kursk region, prompting commanders to send reinforcements to frontline units. "North Korean army units are being re-equipped after losses in assaults" around the villages of Plekhovo, Vorozhba and Martynovka in the Kursk region, the GUR wrote in a post to its official Telegram channel. On Dec. 14 and...