When Ukraine expects a battle with the North Korean military at the front — Zelensky's answer
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When Ukraine expects a battle with the North Korean military at the front — Zelensky's answer

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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with the South Korean TV channel KBS that Ukraine expects a combat clash with the North Korean military in the coming days.

Points of attention

  • President Zelensky discusses the imminent combat clash with North Korean military in Ukraine, revealing Russia's plans to utilize North Korean soldiers in the battlefield.
  • Russia aims to involve North Korean troops in the conflict to avoid domestic mobilization, which is unpopular among Russians, impacting Putin's rating.
  • Ukraine emphasizes compliance with international norms and highlights the importance of prisoner exchange, showing readiness to swap North Korean soldiers for Ukrainian captives.
  • NATO confirms the presence of North Korean troops in Russia, with reports of their training and preparation to engage in hostilities against Ukraine.
  • Zelensky urges international partners to increase support for Ukraine amid revelations of North Korea's involvement in providing personnel and weapons to Russia.

The military of the DPRK will soon engage in combat with the AFU — Zelensky

According to Zelensky, Russia plans to use North Korean soldiers on the battlefield in Ukraine in the near future.

This is a matter of days, not months," the president noted.

The president also noted that he knows about 3,000 North Korean soldiers who are already in the training camp, and that this number will increase to 12,000.

Arrangements are also being made to send engineering troops and civilians who will work at the military plants of the Russian Federation.

Volodymyr Zelensky

Volodymyr Zelensky

President of Ukraine

Zelensky believes that Putin will try to achieve results on the battlefield by bringing in more North Korean soldiers rather than Russian ones, since the mobilization is unpopular in Russia itself.

This hits Putin's rating, because the majority of Russians do not support mobilization and do not want to fight. For Putin, North Korea is a way out of this situation, and for its leader, it is an opportunity to gain combat experience. I am sure that the leader of North Korea, like Putin, does not count on the lives of his soldiers.

The President also emphasized the need to comply with the norms of international law and prevent torture.

The most important thing for us is the exchange of prisoners. Therefore, we are ready to exchange North Korean soldiers for Ukrainians.

The North Korean military will fight for Russia against Ukraine

On October 28, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed the presence of troops from North Korea on the territory of Russia, in particular in the Kursk region.

The spokesman of OTU "Siversk" Vadym Mysnyk reported that the Defense Forces had not yet had combat contact with the North Korean military and had not captured them in the Kursk direction.

On October 13, Zelensky said that North Korea supplies Russia not only with weapons, but also with personnel for the military forces, and called on partners to increase support for Ukraine. On October 17, the president clarified that Russia intends to involve about 10,000 soldiers from North Korea in the war against Ukraine.

On October 18, the head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, confirmed that about 11,000 North Korean infantrymen are currently undergoing training in eastern Russia. According to him, they will be ready to participate in hostilities against Ukraine from November 1.

The first military units from the DPRK, which underwent training at the eastern Russian training grounds, arrived in the combat zone on October 23. They were spotted in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.

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Putin is desperate. Russia cannot take away Ukraine's main trump card until Trump returns

Putin cannot take away Ukraine's main trump card

The Washington Post draws attention to the fact that it was the Kursk operation and the taking control of part of Russian territory that became Ukraine's main trump card on the eve of potential peace negotiations to end the war.

Points of attention

  • Ukraine can use the successful Kursk operation to strengthen its position in peace negotiations.
  • Putin is desperately trying to remove this “trump card” from Ukraine, but to no avail.

Putin cannot take away Ukraine's main trump card

Journalists believe that the intensification of the Russian offensive in the Kursk region indicates that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is in despair.

He wants to remove this "trump card" from the negotiating table as soon as possible, amid pressure over possible talks to end the war before the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump.

What is important to understand is that the aggressor country has sent 60,000 soldiers to the region and is attacking Ukrainian positions with all the means at its disposal.

In addition, it is noted that the Russian invaders are moving on motorcycles, carts, bicycles, and on foot to limit their losses on roads controlled by Ukrainian firepower.

Moreover, waves of North Korean soldiers have recently appeared on the battlefield in the Kursk region, which Ukrainian soldiers are destroying quite quickly.

Ukraine has reached a turning point

What is important to understand is that in August, the Russian dictator tried to downplay the significance of the Kursk operation.

Putin even called it a useless secondary action compared to the main fighting in eastern Ukraine.

But nearly five months later, as fighting intensified, the battle for this corner of western Russia proved that Ukraine's incursion across the border was a turning point in the war, even if the ultimate outcome remains unclear, The Washington Post writes.

According to the commander of the 82nd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Dmitry Voloshyn, at first he was skeptical about the Kursk operation in general, but since then the importance of this battle has become "undeniable."

Supporters of the operation believe that the attack was the only option for Ukraine, as Russia could have invaded the Sumy region.

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