Zelensky says Russia using N Korean troops in bid to reclaim Kursk

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that Russia had begun deploying North Korean soldiers to storm Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region.

- Agence France-Presse

KYIV:

He spoke after Russian authorities said their firefighters were battling a blaze in the western Oryol region caused by a drone attack, with Ukraine saying it had hit a major oil terminal.

"Today, we already have preliminary data that the Russians have begun to use North Korean soldiers in their assaults. A significant number of them," said Zelensky in his evening address.

"The Russians include them in combined units and use them in operations in the Kursk region," he said.