Defense Minister Rustem Umerov confirmed in an interview with South Korean television that the first armed engagements had occurred with North Korean troops in the more than 2½-year-old war. "The first battles with North Korean soldiers have opened a new chapter of instability in the world," Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed the Ukrainian military's first combat engagement with North Korean troops, saying it opened a new chapter of instability in the world. Zelenskyy,

Ukraine’s president thanks countries who criticized deployment of North Korean troops in Russia - Anadolu Ajansı

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in his nightly video address, thanked those in the world who, he said, had reacted to the dispatch of North Korean troops to Russia last month "not just with words … but who are preparing actions to support our defence".

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that 11,000 DPRK soldiers are already stationed in the Russian Federation's Kursk Oblast, and that Western partners have yet to respond. Source: Zelenskyy in an evening video address on 4 Quote: "Today,

Ukrainian military's first clashes with North Korean troops had opened the way to more "instability in the world", President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.