It’s the first significant estimate by Ukraine of North Korean casualties several weeks after Kyiv announced that Pyongyang had sent between 10,000 and 12,000 soldiers to Russia to help fight in the war.
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00:00Ukraine's military intelligence says that North Korean troops are suffering heavy losses
00:06in fighting in Russia's Kursk region.
00:09The GUR also said that North Koreans are facing logistical difficulties and supply issues.
00:16Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier this week that 3,000 North Korean troops have been killed
00:21and wounded in the fighting.
00:23That announcement comes as the Biden administration is trying to send as much military aid as
00:28possible to Ukraine before President-elect Donald Trump takes over in January.
00:33In his nightly address on Thursday, Zelensky confirmed Washington was increasing military
00:38aid to Kyiv but didn't give a figure.
00:58Meanwhile, President Vladimir Putin threatened that Russia could again hit Ukraine with its
01:06Oreshnik ballistic missile that was first used in a strike on Dnipro in November.
01:11Speaking to reporters, Putin said Russia has just a few Oreshnik missiles but added that
01:16it wouldn't hesitate to use them on Ukraine.
01:19Vladimir Putin, Russian President-elect Donald Trump
01:22Putin also said that Russia was striving to bring the conflict in Ukraine to an end.
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