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November 07, 2024
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North Korean soldiers supporting Russia have been killed in Ukraine, Kyiv says

Ukrainian says DPRK engineers are supervising weapon use, though experts caution this is difficult to verify

North Korea is sending limited numbers of military personnel to Russia-occupied Ukraine to supervise the use of DPRK weapons, a Kyiv official claimed on Tuesday, adding that some of the North Korean engineers have already been killed.

The statement by Andrii Kovalenko, the head of Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation, came after South Korea’s defense minister said it’s “highly likely” that rumors about DPRK soldiers dying in Ukraine are true.

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