A member of Ukraine’s security council, Andrii Kovalenko, and the country’s defence minister, Rustem Umerov, have said that North Korean troops in Russia have come under Ukrainian fire on Tuesday.
Kovalenko said that “the first North Korean troops have already been shelled in the Kursk region,” according to the Guardian UK.
Also, the country’s Defence Minister, Umerov, told South Korean television that the first “small engagement” had occurred between Ukrainian forces and North Koreans.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy further stated that the first battles between the two countries has “open a new page in instability in the world”.
The G7 countries have also added their voice to the new development.
They expressed grave concerns by the deployment
The G7 ministers said they condemned “in the strongest possible terms” increased military cooperation between North Korea and Russia, including Russia’s “unlawful procurement” of North Korean ballistic missiles.
War: We’ve shelled them – Ukraine reacts to first clash with North Korean troops
