Senior North Korean General Wounded in Recent Ukrainian Strike

White House has warned North Korean troops in Kursk would be ‘fair game’ for Ukrainian forces.

 North Korean general injured as British Storm Shadow missiles hit Kursk in Russia.

 A high-ranking North Korean General was reportedly injured in a recent Ukrainian strike in Russia’s Kursk region, Western officials said yesterday.

This is the first casualty of a senior North Korean military officer in the escalating Russia-Ukraine conflict, The Wall Street Journal reported, quoting officials. Ukraine launched at least 10 British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles into Kursk on Wednesday, according to Ukrainian and Western officials.

It is not immediately clear how the senior North Korean officer was wounded and the report did not include details about his identity. According to a WSJ source, the attack may have targeted a command post used by Russian and North Korean forces in Maryino.

The WSJ reported that North Korean Col Gen Kim Yong Bok, the deputy chief of the Korean military’s general staff, was reportedly in Russia to coordinate his country’s troops with the Russian forces.

The North Korean General is known as one of ten most prominent military leaders of the Korean country and a frequent aide to Kim Jong-un.