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IN WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE “A FIRST” IN THE ONGOING WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE…. WESTERN OFFICIALS SAY A SENIOR NORTH KOREAN GENERAL WAS INJURED IN A  UKRANIAN AIR STRIKE IN RUSSIA’S KURSK REGION.
U.S. OFFICIALS BELIEVE THERE ARE AT LEAST 10,000 NORTH KOREAN TROOPS NOW DEPLOYED IN THAT REGION, FIGHTING ALONGSIDE THE RUSSIANS.  THE WHITE HOUSE HAS CONDEMNED RUSSIA’S USE OF NORTH KOREAN FORCES.
WESTERN OFFICIALS DID NOT DISCLOSE HOW THE HIGH-RANKING GENERAL WAS INJURED, JUST THAT HE APPEARS TO BE THE FIRST NORTH KOREAN CASUALTY.  THIS COMES AS UKRAINIAN FORCES LAUNCHED AT LEAST TEN MISSILES INTO KURSK ON WEDNESDAY.
VLADIMIR PUTIN SUMMONED THE SUPPORT OF NORTH KOREAN TROOPS AS THE CONFLICT WITH UKRAINE HAS DRAGGED ON SINCE RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE IN FEBRUARY OF 2022. MILITARY ANALYSTS SAY RUSSIA NEEDS THE REINFORCEMENTS TO PUSH BACK AGAINST UKRANIAN TROOPS IN THE KURSK REGION.
RECENTLY, NORTH KOREA SENT A SENIOR OFFICER TO RUSSIA, TO OVERSEE THE NORTH KOREAN EFFORT AND COORDINATE WITH THE RUSSIANS.
THIS NEWS ARRIVES ON THE HEELS OF A RUSSIAN ATTACK ON UKRAINE THAT INCLUDED A BARRAGE OF BALLISTIC AND CRUISE MISSILES ON EASTERN UKRAINE.   TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND SEVERAL BUILDINGS SUSTAINED DAMAGE.   FOR MORE UNBIASED UPDATES, DOWNLOAD THE STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS AP