Ukraine president criticises world leaders for doing ‘almost nothing’ to counteract Moscow’s military cooperation with Pyongyang. What we know on day 1,035
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that more than 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded in Russia’s Kursk region. The Ukrainian president warned that Pyongyang could send more personnel and equipment for Moscow’s army and criticised world leaders for doing “almost nothing” to counteract Russia’s military cooperation with the North. “There are risks of North Korea sending additional troops and military equipment to the Russian army,” Zelenskyy said on Monday. South Korea’s military also said on Monday that it has detected signs of North Korea preparing to send more troops and weapons, including suicide drones, to Russia.
- Zelenskyy’s estimate of North Korean losses is considerably higher than that provided by Seoul’s top military officials, who said on Monday that at least 1,100 North Korean troops had been killed or wounded. That assessment was in line with a briefing last week by South Korea’s spy agency, which reported about 100 deaths with another 1,000 wounded in the region. According to Ukrainian and allied assessments, North Korea has sent about 12,000 troops to Russia.
Source: The Guardian
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