Zelenskiy says NKorean troops suffered losses fighting Ukraine

PHOTO CAPTION: Illustrative photo — A member of the Ukrainian special force engages in zeroing his weapons prior to a mission, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in the region of Bakhmut. (Reuters)

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday North Korean troops had suffered casualties in combat with Kyiv's forces and that some of the 11,000 troops sent to Russia's Kursk region had taken part in fighting.

The Ukrainian leader, speaking at a news conference at the European Political Community summit in Budapest, said he believed that more North Korean troops would be deployed on Russia's side unless action was taken in response.

(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Alexandra Hudson)

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