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Ukraine’s main steelmaker Metinvest and owner of the Pyshchen mine said it had halted operations there and evacuated workers. The shaft at Pishchen provided about half of Metinvest’s total Ukrainian coal extraction. On the other hand, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that troops have captured two North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region of Russia. The Security Service of Ukraine said the soldiers were captured on 9 January.
Russia said it had captured an eastern Ukrainian mining village south of Pokrovsk. This is considered one of the most important coal mines in Ukraine and where Russian troops have reached the outskirts. Russian forces have been advancing towards Pokrovsk, an important eastern center since the summer. Moscow’s Defense Ministry said troops captured the village of Pishchen, about eight kilometers (five miles) southwest of Pokrovsk, which Russia has been trying to seize for several months.
Ukraine’s main steelmaker Metinvest and owner of the Pyshchen mine said it had halted operations there and evacuated workers. The shaft at Pishchen provided about half of Metinvest’s total Ukrainian coal extraction. On the other hand, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that troops have captured two North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region of Russia. The Security Service of Ukraine said the soldiers were captured on 9 January.
Zelensky said this is irrefutable evidence of North Korea’s involvement in Russia’s war against our state. The security service said the captured soldiers were being held in Kiev since then and were being provided with all necessary medical assistance in accordance with the Geneva Conventions.
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