The Russian defense forces have since July forcibly recruited hundreds of mercenaries from Yemen to fight in Ukraine, reports the newspaper Financial Times. A large group was deployed in September and many of them are now dead.
ConflictsThe Dutchman Mark Rutte, as head of the defense alliance Nato, has had a first meeting with the US's incoming president Donald Trump. The meeting in Palm Beach, Florida, centered around global security issues, according to a spokesperson for Nato.
World politicsThousands of North Korean soldiers in Russia will "soon" be deployed in regular battles against Ukraine, according to Defense Minister Lloyd Austin.
ConflictsNorth Korea has sent thousands of soldiers to Russia to participate in the ongoing invasion war in Ukraine. In exchange, the country will receive, among other things, a stronger air defense, according to South Korea.
WorldRussia's president Vladimir Putin has donated a long range of more or less exotic animals to North Korea. The gift is "a sign of the friendship between Moscow and Pyongyang", according to Russian authorities.
WorldEurope cannot wait for what Donald Trump will do with Ukraine, urges EU's Foreign Minister Josep Borrell. We must be persistent, believes Defence Minister Pål Jonson (The Moderate Party).
World politicsAbsolutely right. That's how France's President Emmanuel Macron describes the US decision to let Ukraine use long-distance weapons against targets within Russia.
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