This handout from South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) shows a satellite image by Airbus Defence and Space of Russia's Ussuriysk military facility, where the NIS said North Korean personnel were gathered within the training ground on October 16, 2024.Photo by HANDOUT/SOUTH KOREA'S NATIONAL INTELLIGE

Ukrainian troops clash with North Korean soldiers for the first time

Ukrainian and North Korean troops engaged in 'small-scale' fighting, Pyongyang's first direct involvement in Europe's biggest conflict since World War II

by · National Post

Ukrainian troops have engaged with North Korean soldiers for the first time. The North Korean troops were recently deployed to help Russia in the war with its neighbour, Ukraine’s defence minister said Tuesday.

Another Kyiv official said Ukraine’s army fired artillery at North Korean soldiers in Russia’s Kursk border region.

The comments were the first official reports that Ukrainian and North Korean forces have engaged in combat, following a deployment that has given the war a new complexion as it approaches its 1,000-day milestone.

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