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First clash between Ukrainians and North Koreans opens 'new page of instability,' Zelensky says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his Nov 5 address to the nation. (Photo by President's Office)

A reported brief clash between North Korean soldiers and Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region of Russia has opened a "page of instability" that must be met with firm action from Ukraine's allies, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his daily address to the nation.

"The first battles with North Korean soldiers open a new page of instability in the world," Zelensky said. "Together with the world, we must do everything to make this Russian step to expand the war – to really escalate it – to make this step a failure. Both for them, and for North Korea. I thank all those who are helping."

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