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[LB] In a week, the enemy occupied 150 km2 of the territory of Donetsk region.
by Vera Perun
In the Donetsk region, the Russian army holds the initiative and forced the Ukrainian units to gradually retreat.
This was announced by the head of the Intelligence Center of the Estonian Defense Forces, Colonel Ants Kiviselg, ERR reports .
The average number of attacks per day remained at the same level as in previous weeks, that is, about 167 per day. The Russians seized new territories in Donetsk region.
"The armed forces of the Russian Federation are able to capture a large number of territories in the Donetsk region, primarily in the Pokrovsky, Kurakhivskyi, Vugledarskyi and Velikonovosilkivskyi districts. Over the past week, the Russian Federation has occupied an additional 150 square kilometers of territory in the region," Kiviselg said.
In addition, there are signs that the armed forces of the Russian Federation are preparing assaults in the Zaporizhzhia region. It is quite likely that the already known 76th airborne division with a permanent location in Pskov will take part in future attacks, then the goal will be the conquest of new territories, as well as the further linking of the Ukrainian armed forces in this region, the Estonian colonel added.
"It is possible that the armed forces of the Russian Federation will achieve a local breakthrough in the Pokrovsky, Kurakhiv or Vugledar districts this year," Kiviselg noted.
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[Korrespondent] 22:03 Ukraine is capable of producing even more shells, but it lacks explosives, Minister for Strategic Industries German Smetanin told Reuters: "The main problem we have now is gunpowder and explosives. We will have as many shells as the explosives that come to Ukraine." According to him, this shortage is global.
21:57 Poland is offering to sell weapons to Ukraine on credit, said the country's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski: "This could have been done from the very beginning: here you go, buy from Polish factories on credit, and when you recover, you will pay back."
21:34 Hungarian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mate Paczolai stated that Budapest will not include its NATO membership in the agreement with Kiev: "We have made it clear to the Ukrainian side that Ukraine's intention to join NATO cannot be part of this agreement."
21:28 Russian troops attacked a residential area in Sumy with a drone: a nine-story building was damaged, five people were injured, the prosecutor's office reported.
19:35 The White House announced a new $425 million military aid package for Ukraine. It included, in particular:
BC for NASAMS air defense missile system;
Stinger MANPADS;
counter-UAV equipment;
air-to-ground munitions;
BC for HIMARS;
155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition;
TOW ATGM;
Javelin and AT-4 ATGMs;
Stryker APC;
small arms and ammunition, etc.
19:24 Russians have launched two missile strikes on a police station in Kharkiv: one policeman was killed and 26 others were wounded , said Ivan Vyhovsky, head of the National Police. Four civilians were also wounded. OVA head Oleh Sinegubov specified that the enemy used S-300 missiles, damaging 20 private and apartment buildings.
17:20 Russians hit Kharkov with ballistics, one hit a residential building. Two people suffered an acute stress reaction, said OVA chief Oleg Sinegubov.
15:07 The Russian army has captured the largest territory since the beginning of the year in a week - more than 200 sq. km, Bloomberg writes. The agency added that this entailed huge losses of Russian troops and equipment.
13:29 The DPRK promises to "stand firmly next to" Russia in the war against Ukraine, said the country's Foreign Minister Choi Son Hee. According to her, Kim Jong-un gave instructions "without looking back at anyone" to consistently support and assist the Russian army in the "holy war."
12:18 A water leak occurred from an impulse line at the Zaporizhzhya NPP, repair work is currently underway, the IAEA reported. "The Agency will continue to closely monitor this issue. Although we do not see any immediate problems for nuclear safety," said Director General Rafael Grossi.
10:46 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit the European Union in December for the first time since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the minister will take part in a meeting of OSCE foreign ministers in Malta on December 5-6.
09:50 In October 2024, Russia attacked Ukraine with 2,023 Shahed-type attack UAVs and other unmanned aerial vehicles of an unknown type, the General Staff reported. Of these, 1,185 were destroyed or suppressed, 738 were lost, and another 29 UAVs left Ukrainian airspace. Since the beginning of the year, the enemy has launched 6,987 attack UAVs at Ukraine. The strikes primarily targeted civilian and critical infrastructure.
09:41 Canada is trying to convince other countries to allow Ukraine to carry out long-range strikes on Russian territory, said the country's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly: "We approve of Ukraine's use of long-range weapons against targets on Russian territory, since Ukraine needs this for self-defense. We are also trying to convince other countries to take this position."
09:36 In Svetlograd, Stavropol Krai, a drone fell on an oil depot; there were no casualties, Governor Vladimir Vladimirov said. In Bryansk, one person was injured as a result of a drone attack on a multi-story building, Governor Alexander Bogomaz said. The Russian Defense Ministry said that air defense intercepted and destroyed 83 drones overnight: 36 over Kursk Oblast, 20 over Bryansk, 12 over Crimea, eight over Voronezh, four over Oryol, and three over Belgorod.
08:59 In the evening, Russians attacked the Kievsky district of Kharkov, two people were injured, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Three more people were wounded as a result of enemy shelling in the city of Dergachi. In Kupyansk, as a result of shelling, one person was killed, in the village of Kucherivka in the Kupyansky district, one person was wounded.
08:47 In the Kherson region, over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed and 13 were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
08:35 Air defense destroyed 31 of 48 Russian drones (Shahed attack type and unspecified type) in Kirovograd, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytsky, Sumy, Chernihiv, Odessa and Poltava regions at night, the Air Force reported. Another 14 drones were lost, three flew off in the direction of Belarus.
In addition, during the night attack, the enemy used three Kh-59/69 guided air missiles. One of them was shot down, the rest did not reach their targets due to active counteraction. Russian tactical aviation also struck Kharkiv, Sumy and Zaporizhia regions with guided air bombs. As a result of falling debris, several civilian enterprises were damaged, as well as apartment buildings and private houses in Poltava, Cherkasy, Kyiv and Odessa regions.
08:23 In Donetsk region on October 31 as a result of Russian shelling two people were wounded - in Kurakhovo and Dronovka, reported the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.
07:56 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of November 1:
personnel - about 696,410 (+1,460) people,
tanks - 9162 (+6),
combat armored vehicles - 18,470 (+20),
artillery systems - 20,039 (+26),
MLRS - 1244 (+1),
air defense systems - 994 (+0),
aircraft - 369 (+0),
helicopters - 329 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 18,088 (+25),
cruise missiles - 2628 (+1),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 28,038 (+77),
special equipment - 3579 (+9).
06:18 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes in its report that the Russians have begun using "shaheds" with thermobaric warheads. Analysts cite a study by the Kiev Research Institute of Forensic Expertise, which examined the wreckage of Shahed-136 drones used in Russian attacks from October 26 to 29. The results of the study indicate that Russian troops have modified the attack drones to install thermobaric warheads on them.
00:52 Seoul's decision to provide weapons to Kiev will depend on the level of involvement of North Korean forces in Russia's war against Ukraine, said South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul. "We need to see the level of involvement of North Korean forces in Russia, and what North Korea will get from Russia... So we will have to look at this before making a decision on providing weapons to Ukraine," he explained.
00:13 A ministerial conference on the human dimension of the Formula for Peace was held in Montreal, Canada, where participants adopted a joint communiqué on the return of all captured and deported Ukrainians, the Office of the President reported. "The communiqué reflects a common set of principles that the conference participants will be guided by in the future, demonstrates unwavering support for Ukraine's victory, and condemns any country that helps Russia carry out its aggression," the statement said.
In particular, the conference participants agreed to strengthen Ukraine's cooperation with partners and international organizations to resolve humanitarian issues and ensure compliance with the Geneva Conventions. One of the points is to find trusted mediator countries for negotiations with the Russian Federation on the return home of Ukrainian military personnel, civilians, and children.
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian Armed Forces Contain Russian Attacks in Eastern and Southern Ukraine.
The enemy is most actively advancing in the Kurakhovsky direction. So far, Ukrainian units have repelled 13 attacks there.
Since the beginning of the current day, 74 combat clashes have occurred on the front in seven directions. Russian aggressors continue to be active in Donbas, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in a report as of 16:00 on Friday, November 1.
Thus, in the Kupyansk direction, the enemy tried to advance towards our positions in the Petropavlovka and Lozovaya areas twice during the day. One battle is ongoing near Lozovaya.
In the Liman direction, the enemy organized 12 assaults near Druzhelyubovka, Yekaterinovka, Grekovka, Makeyevka, Terny and in the Serebryansky forest. Four combat clashes continue.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled one attack near Stupochki.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy attacked 21 times in the areas of Sukha Balka, Mirolyubovka, Nikolaevka, Lysovka, Krutoy Yar, Novogrodovka and Selidovoye. Two battles are still ongoing in the area of Vishnevoye.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, 24 combat clashes occurred near Ostrovsky, Ilyinka, Novoselidovka, Kremennaya Balka, Novodmitrovka, Volchenka, Maksimilyanovka, Dalniy, Antonovka and Yekaterinovka. Currently, 13 attacks are ongoing.
In the Vremivsky direction, the aggressor once stormed the Trudovoye area.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy carried out three unsuccessful attacks.
Let us recall that on October 31, 170 battles took place on the front in 24 hours, almost a quarter of which were in the Kurakhovsky direction.
The Russians are paying a high price for their advance in the east - the Russian army has lost about 1,500 fighters in one day. The total number of losses since the start of the war is approaching 700,000.
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[EngMilRu] From 26 October to 1 November, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have launched 44 group strikes by high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles. Russian troops have hit Ukrainian power facilities that provided support for military industry enterprises, the infrastructure of military airfields and railway communication routes used by the AFU for the transfer of Western-made weapons and hardware.
In addition, a UAV Command Centre of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a production facility and storage area of attack drones, ammunition depots, POL bases as well as temporary deployment areas of AFU manpower, nationalist formations and foreign mercenaries have been eliminated.
Over the past week, the units of the Sever Group of Forces continued to eliminate AFU formations in Kursk region.
Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and artillery have inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of a tank brigade, six mechanised brigades, three air assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade, four territorial defence brigades, and two national guard brigades.
In Kharkov direction, units of a mechanised brigade, a motorised infantry brigade, and three territorial defence brigades of the AFU have been hit.
Over the past week, the enemy losses were over 2,810 troops, three tanks, eight infantry fighting vehicles, including Swedish-made CV-90 vehicle, one U.S.-made Stryker armoured personnel carrier, and 59 other armoured fighting vehicles.
In addition, two U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS systems launchers, 38 field artillery guns, including five U.S. 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery systems, and 114 motor vehicles have been eliminated.
The units of the Zapad Group of Forces have liberated Kruglyakovka (Kharkov region).
Russian troops have inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of six mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, and one airmobile brigade of the AFU, two territorial defence brigades, and two national guard brigades. In addition, 35 counterattacks launched by AFU assault detachments have been repelled.
The AFU losses were more than 3,620 troops, six U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, 16 other armoured fighting vehicles, 31 motor vehicles, 26 field artillery guns, 14 of them manufactured by NATO countries, 12 electronic and counter-battery warfare stations as well as 16 field ammunition depots.
As a result of active operations by units of the Yug Group of Forces, Aleksandropol and Katerinovka (Donetsk People's Republic) have been liberated.
Russian troops have launched strikes on formations of two tank brigades, six mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one infantry brigade, one assault brigade, one mountain assault brigade, one airmobile brigade, and one air assault brigade, one territorial defence brigade and one national guard brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ten counterattacks launched by AFU assault detachments have been repelled.
The enemy losses were more than 5,390 troops, two tanks, including one German-made Leopard tank, two U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, eight other armoured fighting vehicles, and 51 motor vehicles.
One U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS system launcher, 32 field artillery guns, including 15 Western-made ones, six electronic warfare stations, and 14 field ammunition depots have been neutralised.
The units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing into the depths of enemy defences and liberated Selidovo, Gornyak, Tsukurino, Leonidovka, and Izmaylovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Strikes have been delivered at manpower and hardware of seven mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, two infantry brigades, one jaeger brigade, one airborne brigade, one naval infantry brigade, four territorial defence brigades, and two national guard brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Russian servicemen have repelled 72 enemy counterattacks.
Over the past week, the enemy losses were up to 3,840 troops, 20 armoured fighting vehicles, including two Swedish-made Viking armoured personnel carriers, 23 motor vehicles, and 33 field artillery guns.
The units of the Vostok Group of Forces have liberated Dobrovolye, Novoukrainka, Shakhterskoye, and Yasnaya Polyana (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian units have engaged formations of a mechanised brigade, a motorised infantry brigade, two territorial defence brigades, and one national guard brigade.
The AFU losses were up to 840 troops, three tanks, eight armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, 50 motor vehicles, 15 field artillery guns, including 10 self-propelled artillery systems and 155-mm howitzers made by NATO countries.
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have engaged manpower and hardware of the AFU two mechanised brigades, one infantry brigade, one mountain assault brigade, one naval infantry brigade, and five territorial defence brigades.
The AFU losses were up to 500 troops, 27 motor vehicles, and 11 field artillery guns. 11 electronic and counter-battery warfare stations and six field ammunition depots have been eliminated.
Air defence facilities have shot down seven ATACMS operational missiles and 26 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, nine French-made converted Hammer aerial bombs, one S-200 anti-aircraft guided missile converted to hit ground targets, and 815 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
During the week, 54 Ukrainian servicemen have surrendered on the line of contact.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 647 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 35,119 unmanned aerial vehicles, 585 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,012 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,482 MLRS combat vehicles, 17,158 field artillery guns and mortars, and 27,898 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
The units of the Sever Group of Forces continued offensive actions and inflicted losses on formations of 22nd, 41st, 115th Mechanised brigades, the 17th Tank Brigade, 82nd, 95th Air Assault brigades, the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 103rd, 112th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the AFU near Daryino, Nizhny Klin, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novoivanovka, and Plyokhovo.
The Group's units repelled six enemy counter-attacks in the direction of Novoivanovka and Plyokhovo. The AFU losses were up to 50 troops killed and wounded, two armoured fighting vehicles, and one motor vehicles. One AFU serviceman surrendered.
Army Aviation and artillery inflicted fire damage on clusters of manpower and hardware of 21st, 41st, 47th, and 61st Mechanised brigades, the 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, and 95th Air Assault brigades, the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade as well as the 1st Special Operations Brigade, 112th, 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the 17th National Guard Brigade of Ukraine near Aleksandriya, Viktorovka, Guyevo, Daryino, Pervy Knyazhy, Kolmakov, Kruglenkoye, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Melovoy, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Novoivanovka, Novy Put, Plyokhovo, Pravda, Sverdlikovo, Sudzha and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.
Operational-Tactical Aviation and Missile Troops delivered strikes at concentration area in Sumy region and reserves of 21st, 41st, 61st, 115th Mechanised brigades, the 17th Tank Brigade, the 95th Air Assault Brigade, and the 129th Territorial Defence Brigade of the AFU near Alekseyevka, Basovka, Belovody, Vodolagi, Katerinovka, Miropolye, Pavlovka and Khoten.
The AFU losses were more than 250 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles as well as six artillery guns, including one French-made Caesar self-propelled artillery system, one mortar, one anti-aircraft missile system, and nine motor vehicles. One AFU serviceman surrendered.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses were more than 28,850 troops, 180 tanks, 101 infantry fighting vehicles, 106 armoured personnel carriers, 1,062 armoured fighting vehicles, 777 motor vehicles, 254 artillery guns, 40 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, ten anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 58 EW stations, 12 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 25 of engineering and other materiel, 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[News-Front] 21:12 The military personnel of the "West" group werepreventedan attempt to carry out a rotation at one of the strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
A UAV crew of the Guards Tank Army of the "West" group of forces detected Ukrainian nationalists as they approached their positions. The UAV operators dropped ammunition from the drone, which accurately hit the target.
21:00 Soldiers of the 66th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine complain on social networks about the critical situation at the front. According to servicemen, "ordinary workers are sent to the front, who immediately die, while the children of the Ukrainian elite are having fun."
20:14 Crew of the Su-34 multifunctional supersonic fighter-bomber of the Aerospace Forces inflicted an attack on personnel and a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.
20:08 Britain is not going to send its troops to Ukraine amid allegations of the presence of North Korean military personnel in Russia, a spokesman for the prime minister of the kingdom said.
19:24 In the Zaporizhia region, a crew of the Pantsir-S air defense missile and gun system of the Dnepr group of forcesstruckreconnaissance UAV of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of foreign manufacture.
19:23 Crews of 122mm 2S1 self-propelled howitzers "Gvozdika" of Tula paratroopers prevented an attempt by Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment to break through into the Glushkovsky district of the Kursk region.
18:05 Aerial reconnaissance by one of the units of the North group of forces was carried out discovered firing position of an artillery gun of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Sumy region.
After analyzing the intelligence data received, a decision was made to strike the identified target. The enemy artillery gun was destroyed by a direct hit from a Lancet loitering munition.
17:23 Crew of the Mi-28NM helicopter struck concentration of manpower and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units.
16:15 Area of concentration of enemy reserves destroyed in Sumy region
As a result of reconnaissance activities of the RF Armed Forces, an area of concentration of enemy personnel and equipment was discovered in the area of one of the settlements of Sumy Oblast. The Russian Aerospace Forces pilots struck the identified target with high-precision weapons. At the moment of the strike, the enemy organized the gathering of battalion personnel.
The precise hit and the results of the destruction of the concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower were recorded by objective control means.
15:20 Russian troops have liberated another 20 square kilometers between the settlements of Bogoyavlenka and Novoukrainka in the DPR. Vladimir Rogov told TASS.
15:17 Russian paratroopers' FPV drone operators attacked and destroyed a tank and a pickup truck of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region.
13:13 The Russian army has liberated the village of Leonidovka in the DPR, the Ministry of Defense reported.
13:10 The Russian Armed Forces have carried out a high-precision strike on the control center for unmanned systems of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense reports.
12:12 Russian Armed Forces are developing an offensive in the South Donetsk direction
By data of “Come and see”, the Russian army was able to push the front almost 15 kilometers away from Ugledar.
“At the moment, Shakhtyorskoye and Yasnaya Polyana have been liberated,” a Russian fighter told the channel.
According to him, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to roll back. The enemy is trying to slow down the offensive of the Russian Armed Forces with the help of drones.
11:35 Footage of destruction of a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in Kurskaya Ol'govka and inspection after clearing the area.
10:33 Snipers of the Pacific Fleet Marine Brigade provided advance of assault units of the "East" military group near Ugledar.
09:46 Calculation of the ATGM "Fagot" of the "Dnepr" group of forces destroyed infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
– Orekhovskoe direction, Zaporizhzhya region
Using an ATV, the crew quickly moved to the firing point and fired at the enemy with the Fagot anti-tank missile system.
One of the last combat missions left the Ukrainian Armed Forces without about five servicemen.
09:18 Su-35s crews completed air cover for Aerospace Forces crews in the border areas of the Kursk region.
During the performance of combat missions, the crews of the Su-35S multi-role fighters practiced air cover in a designated area of operations for bomber and attack aircraft, as well as army aviation helicopters, when carrying out air strikes against armored vehicles and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The aircraft also used its airborne weapons system to detect enemy air defense targets.
08:45 Telegram channel «WarGonzo»:
Frontline report for the morning of 01.11.2024
Zaporizhzhya Front:
– Mainly positional battles continue. Without significant changes in LBS. (Fig. 1)
Donetsk Front:
- The offensive of the Russian Armed Forces continues here in several directions. Yasnaya Polyana and Shakhtyorskoye have been liberated. Also, the settlement of Kurakhovka has been liberated. Russian troops are fighting in the Volchenko area, where there are also tactical successes.
Chasovoyarsk direction:
- Russian troops continue to fight in the city limits, as well as improve their positions on the flanks, at every opportunity. Over the past 24 hours, the situation on the ground has not undergone any serious changes.
Kursk region:
- Counter battles are continuing here in several directions. Russian troops are not going to switch to active assault actions, apparently preparing for another attack. Long-range weapons are actively working on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
08:10 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Chronicle of the special military operation for October 31, 2024
– Russian troops used drones to hit enemy targets in the Kyiv, Cherkasy and Dnepropetrovsk regions, and also fired a dozen missiles at a bridge in Zatoka in the Odessa region.– Ukrainian formations, in turn, attacked fuel and energy complex enterprises in Ufa with drones. Several more UAVs were shot down over Volgograd. Ten UAVs attacked the seaport in Berdyansk, the port's operations were not disrupted.
– In the Pokrovsky direction, Russian troops have slightly expanded the zone of control west of Selidovo.
– In the Donetsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces took control of most of Kurakhovka, advancing in the direction of Volchenko.
– In the South Donetsk direction, fighting continues in the area of Shakhtarsk and Novoukrainka.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] North Korea will stand by Russia until its victory in Ukraine, Pyongyang's foreign minister said in Moscow Friday, as the US has warned thousands of North Korean troops could be sent to combat in the Ukraine conflict in the coming days.
North Korea's Choe Son Hui was in Moscow as the West believes up to 10,000 North Korean troops are training in Russia and on the brink of entering the more than two-year conflict on Russia's side.
US intelligence has said some of the troops have made their way to the Kursk border region, with Washington and Seoul warning North Korea to withdraw its army.
'We will always stand firmly by our Russian comrades until victory day,' Choe declared in Moscow after talks with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
She said North Korea had no doubt in the 'wise leadership' of President Vladimir Putin, who signed a mutual assistance pact with Pyongyang this summer and massively warmed ties with the reclusive state.
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] North Korea will stand by Russia until its victory in Ukraine, Pyongyang's foreign minister said in Moscow Friday, as the US has warned thousands of North Korean troops could be sent to combat in the Ukraine conflict in the coming days.
