Ukraine’s Zelenskiy: Russia wants to bring in 30,000 North Korean troops to conflict
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy: Russia wants to bring in 30,000 North Korean troops to conflict
July 25 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Russia wanted to bring in 30,000 North Korean troops to take part in its more than four-year-old conflict and was already preparing to receive them.
Under a mutual defense pact, North Korea sent an estimated 14,000 soldiers to Russia’s Kursk Region in 2024 to help Moscow beat back a major incursion into the region by Ukrainian forces.
“We also see Russia’s cooperation with North Korea. Russia wants to bring in another 30,000 North Korean troops,” Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address. “Preparations have been under way in Russia’s Voronezh region since June to receive them.”
Zelenskiy said North Korea was preparing to supply Russia with new launchers for ballistic missiles.
“This is a threat not only to Ukraine. Russia is helping North Korea learn how to wage war, improve its weapons and gain real combat experience in using them,” he said.
“All of this poses a threat to every country in Asia that lies within range of North Korean missiles.”
Zelenskiy vowed that Ukraine would respond to that threat.
(Reporting by Ron Popeski and Oleksandr KozhukharEditing by Matthew Lewis)
Several others, including a two-year-old boy, were also injured. Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson says a suspect is in custody.
Local heroes are due to be celebrated at an awards show in September.
Three people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting during a food festival at the Seattle Center near the Space Needle, police said. A suspect was in custody and another was being sought, they said.
Four people, including a baby, died after a car crashed into trees in Derby. The driver was arrested.
LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron called a crisis meeting Monday focusing on monster, uncontrolled wildfires that have forced more than 250,000 people to flee their homes, amid a first glimmer of hope that the spread of the largest blaze may have slowed. In the Gironde region of southwest France, where flames have burned an area four times the size of Paris, the prefecture said the situation overnight had remained “globally stable” — a change from successive days where the giant blaze raging since last week had edged closer to the wine region city of Bordeaux. The government crisis meeting was scheduled for Monday morning, with Macron presiding.
The shooting occurred during Bite of Seattle, an annual festival.
A boy is still in a critical condition after an incident in which two other family members drowned.
A review of the front page stories from the daily newspapers in Scotland.
One Nation leader loses bid to overturn ruling that she racially discriminated against Senator Mehreen Faruqi.
Here are the main developments related to the wildfires raging in Spain and France on Monday:
France fire stable
The fire in France’s southwest Gironde region was stable overnight, local authorities said.”At this stage, the situation remained stable overall overnight, without any major developments,” the local prefecture wrote in a media briefing.
SYDNEY, July 27 (Reuters) – An Australian court on Monday rejected an appeal from right-wing leader Pauline Hanson to overturn a ruling that she racially discriminated against a Muslim senator by
The education minister’s resignation, a rare setback for the Modi government, brings hope to many young protesters that their voices will be heard.
SEOUL, July 27 (Reuters) – A South Korean court on Monday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, after finding him guilty of violating the election
BORDEAUX, July 27 (Reuters) – Firefighters battled throughout the night and into Monday morning to tackle huge wildfires threatening the French city of Bordeaux.
By Leika Kihara TOKYO, July 27 (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said government efforts to boost the country’s growth potential will underpin market trust in the yen, countering
The timelines you need to know as the Isle of Man prepares to go to the polls on 24 September.
Proposals are unveiled at a parish meeting which some fear could have a big impact.
Regular meetings are taking place from September.
Voters in Greater Manchester will go to the polls on Thursday to choose Andy Burnham’s successor as mayor.
The animal rights group say visitors could learn about chickens’ intelligence and emotional lives.
Powered by WPeMatico