A “small engagement” between North Korean and Ukrainian troops has taken place, Ukraine’s defence minister said.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the first battles between the Ukrainian military and North Korean troops “open a new page in instability in the world”.
Ukraine is expecting a sharp rise in the number of North Koreans deployed.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that the first battles between Ukrainian and North Korean troops “open a new page in instability in the world”, following a report from his defence minister of a “small engagement”.
Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov confirmed, in an interview with South Korean television, that the first contact had occurred, an apparent escalation in a conflict that began when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
Mr Zelenskyy, in his nightly video address, thanked those in the world who, he said, had reacted to the dispatch of North Korean troops to Russia last month “not just with words … but who are preparing actions to support our defence”.
