Red Alert: Thousands of North Korean Troops Deployed to Kursk – What’s Behind the Sudden Move

Russia conducted a nuclear weapons exercise. Meanwhile, North Korean troops are apparently heading in the direction of Kursk. All the information in the news blog.

2:46 am: Amid growing concerns about North Korea’s possible involvement in the Ukraine war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s closest adviser, Andriy Yermak, is holding talks with senior US officials in Washington. Meetings with National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken will focus on continued support for Ukraine and recent developments in the war.

“We discussed the plan for the victory of Ukraine, the implementation of the peace formula, the front line, weapons and troops of North Korea that Russia is preparing for war,” explained Yermak after his conversation with Sullivan on the X short message service.

Blinken “reaffirmed the United States’ continued support for Ukraine’s sovereignty amid its fight against Russia’s brutal war of aggression,” according to a statement from the US State Department. The talks come just one week before the next US presidential election.

4:16 am: According to Ukrainian reports, at least nine people were injured in a Russian drone attack on Kiev, including an eleven-year-old girl. Debris began to fall from a drone that was destroyed by fire in a multi-storey residential building in the west of the city, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram. “As things stand, nine people are injured,” Klitschko said. Everyone would be treated on site by paramedics.

The military administration in Kiev published a photo showing flames coming from an apartment in an apartment building. Another fire broke out in a multi-storey administrative building. Reuters eyewitnesses report a series of explosions in Kiev that sound like the use of anti-aircraft units. There has been an air alert in the capital, the surrounding region and almost the entire eastern half of Ukraine since around 3:30 am local time.

4:01 am: The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, expresses concerns about the possibility of escalating the war in Ukraine by using North Korean troops in a telephone conversation with the President of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol.

“Prime Minister Trudeau said that the possibility of an escalation of the war in Ukraine has increased with the sending of North Korean troops to Russia, and this will have implications for the overall security of Europe and the Indo-Pacific region,” President Yoon’s office he said. Yoon is concerned about the faster-than-expected pace of North Korean troop deployment and describes the situation as dangerous. In view of the developing situation, the two heads of state agree to cooperate more closely.

10:25 pm: According to his own statements, the Ukrainian military remains under heavy pressure in the east of the country. The general staff in Kiev said in its evening situation report that the situation was particularly tense on two sectors before. These are Kupyansk in the north-eastern region of Ukraine in Kharkiv and Kurakhove in the south of the Donetsk region. There were a total of 158 battles during the day.

Russian troops attempted 22 breakthroughs in the Kupyansk area, a strategically important railway junction on the Oskil River. The General Staff said that 17 attacks had been repelled and that 5 attacks were continuing.

“The enemy continues to direct his main efforts towards the Kurachowe area,” the situation report said. There were 42 battles, and it is said that 32 of them have been repulsed so far. In the neighboring Pokrovsk sector there is talk of fighting around the town of Selydove. The Russian military had previously announced the capture of the city.

8:26 pm: According to the US Department of Defense, thousands of North Korean troops are on their way to the Kursk region in Russia, parts of which have been taken over by Ukraine. A small number of soldiers have already arrived there. There are signs that they should be used as foot soldiers against Ukrainian troops, he said. US President Joe Biden expressed concern about the transfer of North Korean troops to Kursk. Ukraine should retaliate if North Korea crosses the border into Ukraine.

6:17 pm: Ukraine’s parliament has extended the martial law and mobilization imposed after the Russian invasion for another 90 days. A two-thirds majority of the Supreme Rada voted for both laws, as reported by the local media. Both bills were previously introduced by President Volodymyr Zelensky. The measures will now apply until the beginning of February next year.