A Russian paramilitary soldier was accidentally targeted and killed by North Korean troops in a recent comrade-in-arms attack, Ukrainian officials said.
In a statement released on Saturday, the Defense Intelligence Service of Ukraine (DIU) described how Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) soldiers recently supported Russian forces in Kursk Oblast, currently occupied by Ukrainian forces. detailed. Ukrainian authorities estimate that about 11,000 North Korean personnel are stationed in Russia.
“Russia, the aggressor state, has begun to deploy North Korean soldiers in assault operations in the Kursk region, especially as part of the joint forces of the Russian military's marines and paratroopers,” the statement said.
“As a result of successful fire attacks by the Ukrainian security forces and the Armed Forces, the North Korean military has suffered sanitary and irreparable losses,” the DIU added. “In particular, in one of the positions in the Kursk region, North Korean forces were effectively targeted by FPV drones.”
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A view of the dragon's teeth and barbed wire built to create a defensive line around Sumy, seen in Sumy, Ukraine, on November 6, 2024. (Oksana Parafenyuk of The Washington Post, via Getty Images)
The DIU noted that in a recent incident, the language barrier between Russian and North Korean forces ultimately led to the deaths of eight soldiers from the Chechen paramilitary Akhmat special forces.
“Language barriers remain a problem in controlling and coordinating actions when using North Korean troops on the battlefield,” the statement said.
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Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belosov (left) meets with North Korean Defense Minister Noh Kwan-cheol (right) in Pyongyang, North Korea, on November 29, 2024. (Russian Ministry of Defense/Vadim Savitsky/Handout/Anadolu, via Getty Images)
“Due to this issue, North Korean soldiers fired 'friendly fire' at the vehicles of the so-called Ahmat Battalion,” the DIU added. “As a result, they killed eight Kadyrovit soldiers.”
This latest development in the Russia-Ukraine war comes as Russian forces continue fighting. to attack Ukraine's power grid, The freezing conditions were used to destroy the country's largest energy company.
This photo taken on October 18, 2023 shows North Korean soldiers waving flags as they welcome Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as he lands at Pyongyang airport. (Kim Wonjin/AFP via Getty Images)
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In one of the largest mass attacks on Ukraine's power grid in history, the Russian military launched around 100 missiles, including cruise missiles, and 200 drones across western Ukraine on Friday. According to the Kiev Independent.
Fox News Digital's Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.
