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Financial Times: North Korean casualties in Storm Shadow strike on Kursk, says Kyiv
Financial Times - (archived: https://archive.ph/kzuhF ) North Korean casualties in Storm Shadow strike on Kursk, says Kyiv
Ukraine alleges a general injured and several officers killed in last week’s attack on Russian command centre
Christopher Miller and Isobel Koshiw in Kyiv 10 minutes ago
A North Korean general was injured and several officers sent by Pyongyang to Russia’s Kursk region were killed last week when Ukraine launched British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles at a Russian command centre, according to a Ukrainian official.
The official said the strike, which hit the town of Marino, was one of “several” that have targeted the North Koreans in Kursk region over the past week, also using other weapons. Ukrainian forces were actively searching for more positions where the North Koreans were present, noting that they had been spread out, he added.
The identity of the general was not disclosed. Ukrainian intelligence said that North Korea had sent Colonel General Kim Jong Bok to oversee the “Storm Corps” special forces units deployed in Russia. It is unclear whether he was in Marino during the attack.
The Wall Street Journal, citing western officials, first reported that a North Korean general had been injured.
US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said last month that the North Korean troops who enter the fray would be “fair game and fair targets” for Ukrainian forces.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), citing information from South Korea’s National Intelligence Service and echoing Ukrainian intelligence officials interviewed by the Financial Times, said last week that the North Korean troops were likely training alongside Russian naval infantry and airborne units “in preparation for combat in Kursk” region.
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Ukraine alleges a general injured and several officers killed in last week’s attack on Russian command centre
Christopher Miller and Isobel Koshiw in Kyiv 10 minutes ago
A North Korean general was injured and several officers sent by Pyongyang to Russia’s Kursk region were killed last week when Ukraine launched British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles at a Russian command centre, according to a Ukrainian official.
The official said the strike, which hit the town of Marino, was one of “several” that have targeted the North Koreans in Kursk region over the past week, also using other weapons. Ukrainian forces were actively searching for more positions where the North Koreans were present, noting that they had been spread out, he added.
The identity of the general was not disclosed. Ukrainian intelligence said that North Korea had sent Colonel General Kim Jong Bok to oversee the “Storm Corps” special forces units deployed in Russia. It is unclear whether he was in Marino during the attack.
The Wall Street Journal, citing western officials, first reported that a North Korean general had been injured.
US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said last month that the North Korean troops who enter the fray would be “fair game and fair targets” for Ukrainian forces.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), citing information from South Korea’s National Intelligence Service and echoing Ukrainian intelligence officials interviewed by the Financial Times, said last week that the North Korean troops were likely training alongside Russian naval infantry and airborne units “in preparation for combat in Kursk” region.
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