North Korea’s suicide soldiers pose new challenge for Ukraine
“Self-detonation and suicides: that’s the reality about North Korea,” said Kim, a 32-year-old former North Korean soldier who defected to the South in 2022. Read more
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Get the latest developments in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war as allies in the West respond to the international conflict.
Ukraine captures 2 North Korean soldiers, Zelenskyy says
Kyiv says that North Korean troops are fighting in the Kursk region, where Ukraine launched an incursion in August. Read more
North Korea gaining war-fighting experience in Ukraine, U.S. warns
Over 12,000 North Korean troops are in Russia and last month began fighting against Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region. Read more
Putin apologizes but doesn’t take responsibility for Kazakhstan crash
The statement stopped short of attributing the crash to a Russian air-defense missile, a cause that investigators in Azerbaijan have focused on. Read more
N. Korean troops suffer mass casualties on Ukraine front lines
The number far exceeds the figure U.S. officials have previously provided. Read more
Seoul: At least 100 North Korean troops killed in Ukraine
The heavy losses are attributed to the lack of experience by North Korean troops in drone warfare and unfamiliarity with the open terrain where they are taking part in the battle, a member of parliament Lee Seong-kweun told reporters. Read more
Ukraine kills Russian chemical weapons chief in Moscow
Former president Dmitry Medvedev, now a senior Russian security official, told a meeting shown on state TV that Moscow would avenge what he called an act of terrorism. Read more
N.Korean troops join Russian assaults in large numbers, Ukraine says
The North Koreans were being used in combined Russian units and only on the Kursk front for now Read more
U.S. will not return nuclear weapons to Ukraine
Sullivan made his remarks when questioned about a New York Times article last month that said some unidentified Western officials had suggested U.S. President Joe Biden could give Ukraine the arms before he leaves office. Read more
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Zelensky urges Biden to rally support for Ukraine’s NATO membership
Kyiv wants NATO members to issue an invitation at an alliance meeting in Brussels this week as the invasion grinds toward its three-year mark and Russia makes battlefield gains. Read more
North Korea’s Kim: Russia has right to exercise self-defense against Ukraine
Kim pledged to expand ties with Russia in all areas including military affairs under the strategic partnership he signed with Russian President Vladimir Putin in June. Read more
Ukraine has lost over 40% of Russia’s Kursk region to counterattacks
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s main objectives were to occupy the entire Donbas and oust Ukrainian troops from the Kursk region. Read more
Russia accused of unprecedented ICBM use in Ukraine war
Kyiv said Russia used an intercontinental ballistic missile, a weapon designed for long-distance nuclear strikes and never before used in war. Read more
Biden administration approves Ukraine’s use of anti-personnel mines
The decision is the latest in a series of moves by Russia and the United States related to the war in Ukraine that have escalated tensions between the two. Read more
Ukraine hits Russia with U.S.-made long-range missiles for first time
Russia said its forces shot down five out of six missiles, which were fired at a military facility in the Bryansk region. Debris of one hit the facility, starting a fire that was swiftly put out and caused no casualties or damage, it said. Read more
Putin issues warning to U.S. with new nuclear doctrine
Putin approved the change days after two U.S. officials and a source familiar with the decision said on Sunday that President Joe Biden’s administration allowed Ukraine to use U.S.-made weapons to strike deep into Russia. Read more
U.S. says Russia escalated Ukraine conflict by deploying North Koreans
State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller in a briefing declined to confirm that the outgoing administration of President Joe Biden had decided to allow the strikes, but reiterated that the U.S. “will always adapt and adjust the capabilities we provide to Ukraine when it’s appropriate to do so.” Read more
Freed from restraints, Ukraine poised to strike into Russia
With two months left in his administration, President Joe Biden finally relented after months of pleas from Ukraine that it needed to fire at targets deeper inside Russia to more effectively degrade Moscow’s forces. Read more
Russia pounds Ukraine’s power grid in ‘massive’ air strike
Ukrainians had been bracing for weeks for a renewed Russian attack on an already hobbled energy system, fearing long winter blackouts and mounting psychological pressure almost 1,000 days after Russia launched its full-scale invasion. Read more
Biden allows Ukraine to use U.S. arms to strike inside Russia
Ukraine plans to conduct its first long-range attacks in the coming days, the sources said, without revealing details due to operational security concerns. Read more
Putin signs into law mutual defense treaty with North Korea
The accord, signed by Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in June after a summit in Pyongyang, calls on each side to come to the other’s aid in case of an armed attack. Read more
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