US announces response to North Korean troops in Ukraine
Moscow/Kiev/Brussels (EFE).- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a visit to NATO on Wednesday that the involvement of North Korean troops in the war waged by Russia against Ukraine is demanding and will receive a strong response. ,
“We had a very productive discussion today about our continued support for Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression; “This additional element of North Korea that has now engaged North Korean forces in combat and is now virtually in combat, demands and will receive a strong response,” Blinken said after meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.
About 50,000 Russian and North Korean troops in Kursk
About 50,000 Russian and North Korean troops stationed in Russia’s Kursk region have recently joined the fighting against Ukrainian forces, a senior Kiev government official told Japanese news agency Kyodo.
This source assures that an “intense battle” has broken out at the front in which North Korean troops have already suffered casualties, information that is in line with the announcement made this Tuesday by the United States, which confirms that North Korean troops Have entered. Combat with the Ukrainian army.
According to Ukraine and some of its allies, North Korea has already deployed about 11,000 troops to Russia.
For its part, Russia, which has so far neither confirmed nor denied the presence of North Korean troops on its territory, has indicated that the strategic partnership agreed with the Pyongyang regime is “defensive in nature and will not be limited to third countries.” is not directed against the security of.
Joint drone and missile attack against Kiev
Meanwhile, the Russian military launched the first joint attack with missiles and drones against the Ukrainian capital in more than two months this Wednesday.
“The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a combined missile and drone strike against Kiev. For the first time in the last 73 days,” the military administration of the region reported on its social networks.
In the attack, Russia used North Korean cruise missiles and ballistic missiles KN-23 and KN-24 and Iskander-M missiles and Shaheed drones.
The arrival of the drones prompted an air alert to be activated in the capital just after 6:00 a.m. (3:00 GMT), followed by another wave of cruise and ballistic missiles and unmanned devices.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia also launched four missiles against other areas of the country, which were shot down by its defense forces.
Additionally, 86 drones were shot down or disabled by electronic jamming.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on his allies on social media to provide Ukraine with more missiles and more means of radio-electronic warfare to intercept enemy projectiles.
Russia has intensified attacks
Russia continues to exert pressure along the entire front and yesterday launched almost a hundred strikes in the Kurakhov and Pokrovsk axes, the Ukrainian sector of Donetsk and the Russian sector of Kursk.
According to the Ukrainian General Staff, Kurakhov was once again the hottest area on the entire line of contact.
There, Ukrainian forces repulsed a total of 47 Russian attacks, while Kiev troops defending the Pokrovsk axis repelled 28 attacks.
Ukrainian military analysts believe that Moscow is moving quickly to win as much territory as possible, ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump’s arrival in the White House.
Trump has promised to emphasize immediate talks to end the war.