
New Ukraine recruits during a tactical exercise in Donetsk region, Ukraine. Phito: Ukrainian Armed Forces via Reuters
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST |
Published October 30, 2024
Russia advanced 478 sq km into Ukraine in October, record since 2022, war data suggests
Kyiv announced a fresh mobilisation drive as Moscow seized the mining hub of Selydove and the US said some North Korean troops were in Russia’s Kursk region, warning that thousands more were on their way.
Russia has been making swift advances in the eastern Donetsk region for weeks and on Tuesday said it “fully” captured Selydove – whose estimated population of around 21,000 people has fled from Moscow’s drone and rocket attacks.
Concern has grown in Kyiv and the West over North Korea’s military cooperation with Russia – with neither the Kremlin nor Pyongyang denying that the reclusive country’s troops were in Russia.
The Pentagon said a “small number” of Pyongyang’s troops have been deployed in the Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces have held onto land since summer.
Its spokesman Major General Pat Ryder said the US had information that “a couple thousand more (North Korean troops) that are either almost there or due to arrive imminently”.
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SOURCE: www.scmp.com
RELATED: Ukraine in new mobilisation drive as Russia advances

Ukraine’s military has been under severe pressure of late as Russia advances in the eastern Donetsk region (file photo from 2023)
BBC NEWS |
Published October 30, 2024
Ukraine is planning to draft another 160,000 troops into its military as Russia gains ground in the east.
Russia has been advancing in the eastern Donetsk region and on Tuesday said it had fully captured the mining town of Selydove.
It also comes amid reports that a number of North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia.
Ukraine’s military has been under severe pressure of late, in part due to Russia’s greater manpower and deeper resources.
“There are plans to call up more than 160,000 people,” the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security Council, Oleksandr Lytvynenko, told parliament on Tuesday.
The AFP news agency reports the recruitment will take place over three months.
The announcement comes as Ukraine continues to commit personnel for its incursion in the Kursk region of Russia, which started in August.
The Pentagon estimates around 10,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to train in eastern Russia.
The US said on Tuesday a “small number” of North Korean troops have been sent to Kursk. A couple of thousand more are heading there, it said.
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SOURCE: www.bbc.com