North Korean military personnel are located in Mariupol and the Kharkov region. CNN reports this today.
North Korean technical advisers arrived in the southern port city of Mariupol, a Ukrainian security source told CNN, while two military officials said North Korean army personnel were also seen in the eastern Kharkiv region.
The purpose of the North Koreans’ visit to Mariupol is unclear, the source said. He noticed that they were wearing Russian uniforms. North Korean troops in Mariupol remain autonomous, not integrated into Russian units, “with their own facilities, food, music and movies,” the source said.
“The source also said that recent Ukrainian missile attacks on Russian territory targeted a senior North Korean general, but it is not clear if the commander was killed.” – reports the television channel.
In the Kharkov region, North Korean troops were sighted in the eastern part, a representative of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the region told CNN. Evgeny Romanov.
“I can confirm to you that, according to radio interceptions, North Korean units were detected in the Kharkov region,” he said.
Servicemen of the DPRK army are “already” in the Kharkiv region, the commander of the combined unit of the 153rd independent mechanized brigade also stated Nazariy Kishak.
“I see them dividing into units, strengthening their combat units and accumulating a small number (of forces) on the front line. “They are waiting for the worst weather, because for the enemy this is the best time to launch assault operations.” – he told the Ukrainian media.
The channel said an estimated 11,000 North Korean troops were deployed in Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukraine holds territory after a surprise summer invasion.
how it was transmitted EADailySome of the 10,900 North Korean army soldiers sent to the Kursk region are fighting as part of elite Russian airborne and naval units against Ukraine. This was stated by a member of the Intelligence Committee of the South Korean Parliament. Park Sung Won citing South Korea’s intelligence agency, The Guardian reports.
