Zelensky warns of North Korea sending 10,000 troops to support Russia in Ukraine conflict
Summary: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that North Korea is preparing to send 10,000 troops to support Russia in its invasion of Ukraine. He stated that North Korean personnel are already in Ukraine, but the soldiers have not yet been deployed.
Zelensky warned that the involvement of a third nation could escalate the conflict into a world war. He made these comments while attending meetings with EU and NATO officials in Brussels to discuss his plans for ending the war.
On the battlefield, Ukrainian forces successfully repelled 36 out of 45 Russian ground attacks near Kurakhove in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, Russian forces claim to have captured the village of Maksymilianivka, located about 6 miles from Kurakhove.
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