This week, the first clash between Ukrainian soldiers and North Korean soldiers took place in the Kursk area.
The Financial Times received confirmation from anonymous sources that this information was true on November 5, 2005. The source did reveal any specific details, such as when and where it occurred and what the outcome was.
“So far, there has been no talk of major battles,” an anonymous source told the publication. The conflict “took place in a district in the Russian Federation that is controlled by the Russian Army, and which covers about 600 square kilometers.” This area is the Kursk Region, which Ukrainian troops entered on August 6 from the Sumy Region. Since then, they’ve maintained a significant foothold in enemy territory.
On November 4, Andrei Kovalenko, the head of the Counter-Disinformation Center (CPD) of the Council of Security and National Defense of Ukraine, reported the alleged first clash between the North Korean and Ukrainian military through Telegram.
Kovalenko wrote that the first group of soldiers of the People’s Republic of Korea had already been hit in the Kursk area, without giving any further details.
According to reports, Russian instructors are reportedly teaching North Korean soldiers how to use different types combat drones in the Kursk area.
“The Russians train North Korean officers and soldiers for modern warfare.” They will be used to fight. North Koreans wearing Russian uniforms will join Russian units in the Kursk area. They will be taught the principles of using FPV drones (First Person View), reconnaissance drones including Lancets,” Kovalenko said to Ukrainska Pravda.
The Main Military Intelligence Department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has claimed that 12,000 North Korean soldiers, including 500 officers and 3 generals, have entered the territory of Kursk.
The upper house of the Russian parliament voted to ratify a treaty that includes a clause on mutual defense between Russia and North Korea.
Yoon Suk Yeol, the president of Korea, announced that South Korea would supply Ukraine with arms in response. Yoon said that North Korea’s involvement is a threat to South Korea, as it gives Pyongyang experience in combat and rewards them with sensitive military technology transfer.
Yoon also spoke with Donald Trump, the President-elect of the United States. They discussed strengthening ties in all areas of economics and security. Yoon expressed his concern over North Korea’s deployments of troops supporting Russia.
Here are some other important battlefield developments from Thursday, November 7.
A drone attack by Russia damaged a Kyiv apartment in the Holosiivskyi District early on Thursday. No injuries have been reported.
Ukraine’s air force reported that 38 of the 63 Russian drones launched Tuesday night were destroyed by its air defense units.
* Russian forces have taken two more settlements, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced. They are the villages of Maksymivka and Antonivka near Kurakhove in the north. Ukraine reported fighting near both villages on the eastern side of the 1,000-kilometer front line. It said its forces had repelled two attacks in Maksymivka, and in a village near Vuhledar. The General Staff of Ukraine’s military reported a “tense” situation around Kurakhove with 39 Russian attacks against Ukrainian positions.
Source: Ukraine hits Russian base in Dagestan first time.
A source at the Kyiv Independent reported on Nov. 6 that Ukraine’s military intelligence agency was behind the drone attack on Kaspiysk, in Russia’s Dagestan Republic. The attack targeted a Russian naval facility.
Sources said that at least two missile ships, the Tatarstan and Dagestan as well as possibly several smaller Project 21631 vessels were damaged.
Dagestan authorities reported intercepting an attack by a drone over Kaspiysk on Nov. 6, a port town at the Caspian Sea, about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) from the frontline.
Andrii Kovalenko, the head of the counter-disinformation center at Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, also said on Telegram that a Russian naval base was hit.
He said that “Russian Navy Ships are Stationed in Kaspiysk.” The base is also home to the Russian Caspian Flotilla as well as Russian Marines, Coastal Troops and Russian Marines.
Sources claim that the targeted fleet is involved in strikes against Ukraine and the 177th Marine Regiment, stationed in the area, was engaged in combat in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
A video shared on social networks appears to show a second drone striking its target and causing a large explosion.
Mash News channel reported that the incident occurred 15 kilometers away from the local airport. The drone was identified as an A-22 Flying Fox drone, which is Ukrainian.
Local authorities have confirmed that the airport in Makhachkala has suspended its operations for an undetermined period of time due to this incident.
Zelensky urges Trump to continue supporting Kyiv
Donald Trump declared victory in the US Presidential election on November 6, just before he crossed the threshold of 270 Electoral College Votes needed to win.
Former American diplomats have said that Donald Trump will likely call Vladimir Putin in Russia and tell him to stop the war.
Kurt Volker said that the incoming US President will “make a phone call as soon as possible to Putin and tell him that he must stop the war, the fighting must stop, and there has to peace,”
Trump’s return to White House could spell uncertainty for Ukraine. There are fears that he may withdraw support for the besieged nation and cut a deal the Kremlin.
Trump did not mention Russia’s war on Ukraine in his speech but highlighted the fact that the US has seen “no battles” during his first term as president.
“We did not have wars for four years.” Trump declared, “Except we defeated ISIS.” “They said that he would start a conflict. I am not going to do so; I will stop the conflicts.”
Volodymyr Zelensky, the former Ukrainian wartime president, congratulated Trump for his victory and urged him to continue supporting Kyiv in its fight against Putin’s invasion.
The current US administration is rushing to Kyiv military aid worth $9bn before Joe Biden leaves office in January, anticipating a more frugal approach from Trump.
A senior Biden administration official stated that “the administration plans to push ahead… to put Ukraine into the strongest possible position” before Trump takes office.
Compiled by Ana Dumbadze
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