{"id":41851,"date":"2025-02-08T22:56:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T22:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=41851"},"modified":"2025-02-08T22:57:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T22:57:50","slug":"ukraine-war-briefing-north-korean-troops-back-on-frontline-in-kursk-says-zelenskyy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/ukraine-war-briefing-north-korean-troops-back-on-frontline-in-kursk-says-zelenskyy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine war briefing: North Korean troops back on frontline in Kursk, says Zelenskyy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"President\u2019s comments follow reports Moscow withdrew Pyongyang\u2019s troops after heavy losses; Russia claims capture of key eastern mining town. What we know on day 1,081<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

ISLAMABAD : Monitoring Desk – The Ukrainian president has said North Korean troops have returned to the frontline in Russia\u2019s Kursk region<\/strong>, after reports Moscow had withdrawn them due to heavy losses. \u201cThere have been new assaults in the Kursk operation areas … the Russian army and North Korean soldiers have been brought in again,\u201d Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his evening address on Friday.<\/p>\n

A \u201csignificant number\u201d of opposing troops had been \u201cdestroyed\u201d, he said. \u201cWe are talking about hundreds of Russian and North Korean soldiers.\u201d A Ukrainian military spokesperson had said a week earlier that Kyiv had not encountered activity or clashes with North Korean troops for three weeks. Pyongyang sent more than 10,000 soldiers to Russia last year to help it fight back Ukraine\u2019s offensive into the border region, according to South Korean and western intelligence.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump said on Friday he would \u201cprobably\u201d meet Zelenskyy next week<\/strong>, while the Ukrainian president responded by saying he appreciated working with Trump. The US president, asked by reporters in the White House whether such a meeting would be in Washington, replied that it \u201ccould be Washington \u2013 well, I\u2019m not going there\u201d, referring to Kyiv. Zelenskyy said \u201ctalks\u201d were being planned but did not confirm a meeting. He wrote on X:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re also planning meetings and talks at the teams\u2019 level. Right now Ukrainian and American teams are working out the details.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Zelenskyy\u2019s chief of staff said Ukraine was looking forward to a visit this month by Trump\u2019s special envoy for the region. Andriy Yermak said he had spoken to envoy Keith Kellogg about topics including the battlefield situation, the safety of Ukrainian civilians, and meetings at the annual Munich security conference this month.<\/p>\n

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