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Nicholas Cecil

North Korean troops 'suffer heavy losses and kill eight in friendly fire blunder' in Vladimir Putin war

North Korean troops deployed in Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine war are reportedly being hit with heavy losses and killed eight soldiers in a friendly fire incident, according to military experts.

Pyongyang has sent thousands of soldiers to bolster Putin’s invasion which has left hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers killed or wounded since he launched it in February 2022, with similarly high Ukrainian casualties.

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