KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that Russia had begun deploying North Korean soldiers to storm Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region.
He spoke after Russia n authorities said their firefighters were battling a blaze in the western Oryol region caused by a drone attack, with Ukraine saying it had hit a major oil terminal.'Today, we already have preliminary data that the Russia ns have begun to use North Korean soldiers in their assaults. A significant number of them,' said Zelenskyy in his evening address.'The Russia ns include them in combined units and use them in operations in the Kursk region,' he said.
Ukraine has been targeting fuel depots in Russia in retaliation for Moscow's strikes wreaking havoc on its power-generation network.The Ukrainian military said Saturday morning that its forces had attacked a major oil depot in Stalnoi Kon, about 165 kilometers into Russian territory.One of the largest terminals in Russia, it served Russia's 'military industrial complex' supplying the army, the General Staff said.
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