The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyhe confirmed this Tuesday evening in his speech to the nation “the first battles” of the Ukrainian troops against North Korean soldiers who joined the Russian army fighting Ukraine.
“The first combats with North Korean soldiers opened a new instability page in the world,” Zelensky said in his speech, in which he again called on the international community to “do everything possible to ensure that this Russian move to expand the war fails.”
The Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Roustem Umerovhad previously reported on the first situations of contact on the front between North Korean and Ukrainian soldiers.
The Ukrainian leader thanked all countries that “responded to the deployment of North Korean soldiers in Russia” and especially mentioned those who did so “not only with words, but by preparing “appropriate actions” to help Ukraine defend itself.
The G7 – which brings together the seven most industrialized democracies in the world – New Zealand and Australia announced on Tuesday that they were preparing a coordinated response to the entry of North Korean personnel into the Russo-Ukrainian war.
“Now our countermeasures must be sufficient. Quite strong,” Zelensky added.
According to Ukraine and some of its allies, North Korea has already deployed in Russia more than 10,000 soldiers. Some of them have already joined Russian troops fighting the Ukrainian army in the Russian region of Kursk, which borders Ukraine and has been partially occupied by kyiv forces since August.
