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Putin thanks North Korea for sending troops to fight Ukraine: ‘Will never forget the heroism’
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday thanked North Korea for sending troops to fight alongside Russia in Moscow’s war against Ukraine and vowed not to forget their sacrifices.
Putin’s comments came just hours after North Korea confirmed for the first time that it had deployed troops to fight Ukrainian forces.
Russia said two days earlier that its troops had fully reclaimed the Kursk region, which Ukrainian forces seized last year. Ukrainian officials have denied Russia’s claim and said that the operation in certain areas of Kursk is ongoing.
In a statement, Putin praised North Korean troops who he said fought «shoulder to shoulder with Russian fighters, defended our Motherland as their own.»
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Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked North Korea for sending troops to fight alongside Russia in Moscow’s war against Ukraine. (Sputnik/Kristina Kormilitsyna/Kremlin via REUTERS)
«The Russian people will never forget the heroism of the DPRK special forces,» Putin said. «We will always honor the heroes who gave their lives for Russia, for our common freedom, fighting side by side with their Russian brothers in arms.»
Earlier Monday, North Korea’s Central Military Commission said the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, had sent troops to Russia to «annihilate and wipe out the Ukrainian neo-Nazi occupiers and liberate the Kursk area in cooperation with the Russian armed forces.» North Korean troops eventually made «an important contribution» to Russia seizing the border territory, the commission said.
While this was North Korea’s first official confirmation that its troops were deployed to Russia, it has repeatedly expressed its unwavering support of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
U.S., South Korean and Ukrainian intelligence officials have said North Korea deployed 10,000-12,000 troops to Russia last fall in its first involvement in a major armed conflict since the Korean War in the early 1950s.
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Putin promised not to forget the sacrifices of North Korean troops sent to help Russia fight Ukrainian forces. (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
Putin and Kim said the deployment of North Korean troops was made under a mutual defense treaty signed in June 2024 that requires both countries to use all available means to provide immediate military assistance if either is attacked.
The two U.S. adversaries have moved significantly closer to each other in recent years.
In addition to its deployment of troops, North Korea has been supplying a large number of conventional weapons to Russia. South Korea and the U.S. are concerned that Russia could reward North Korea with military and economic assistance, including by transferring high-tech weapons technologies that can bolster its nuclear weapons program.
Kim citing North Korea’s role in Russia regaining control of the Kursk region suggests his urgent desire to receive what he wants from Russia, including its sensitive military technologies and a solid security commitment to North Korea, according to Moon Seong Mook, an analyst for the Seoul-based Korea Research Institute for National Strategy.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday that Russia could provide military assistance to North Korea if necessary in accordance with the defense treaty, Russian state media reported.
The deployment of North Korean troops was made under a mutual defense treaty signed in June 2024. (Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Kremlin via Reuters/File Photo)
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North Korea and Russia did not disclose how many North Korean soldiers were sent to Russia or how many casualties they suffered. But last month, South Korea’s military assessed that roughly 4,000 North Korean soldiers had been killed or wounded in the Russia-Ukraine war. The South Korean military also said North Korea sent about 3,000 additional troops to Russia earlier this year.
South Korea’s Unification Ministry on Monday called on North Korea to withdraw its troops from Russia immediately, arguing that the North’s support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine poses a grave provocation to international security. Ministry spokesperson Koo Byoungsam also called the North’s deployment of troops «an act against humanity.»
If Russia’s retaking of Kursk is confirmed, it would deprive Ukraine of key leverage in U.S.-brokered efforts to negotiate an end to the war by exchanging its gains for some Russia-occupied land in Ukraine.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday he doubts Putin wants to end the war. Just a day before, Trump had said Ukraine and Russia were «very close to a deal.»
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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For weeks, the U.S. military has quietly amassed what President Donald Trump has described as an «armada» in Iran’s backyard. Mapped out across the Persian Gulf and beyond, the deployment tells its own story — one of calculated pressure backed by credible capability.
The latest signal of escalation is the movement of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the U.S. Navy’s USS Gerald R. Ford, and its strike group from the Caribbean toward the Middle East.
The buildup coincides with indirect negotiations between Washington and Tehran over Iran’s disputed nuclear program. Trump has warned that the regime must fully dismantle its nuclear infrastructure — or face consequences.
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President Donald Trump has demanded that the Iranian regime dismantle its nuclear weapons program. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)
At the heart of America’s force projection is another carrier strike group: the USS Abraham Lincoln — a mobile fortress at sea, guarded by destroyers and equipped to unleash precision strikes at a moment’s notice. On deck, F-35 fighters and F/A-18 attack aircraft sit within range of dozens of key Iranian military and nuclear targets.
Meanwhile, in the Eastern Mediterranean, the destroyers USS Bulkeley and USS Roosevelt provide additional strike capability and missile defense coverage — and could potentially assist Israel in defending against any Iranian counterattack.
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Farther south, in the Red Sea, the USS Delbert B. Black adds another layer of firepower along one of the world’s most important shipping lanes. The Red Sea links the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean through the Suez Canal, a corridor that carries a significant share of global trade and energy supplies.
A U.S. destroyer there not only protects commercial traffic but also gives Washington the flexibility to respond quickly to threats moving between the Middle East and Europe.
Even closer to Iran’s coastline, in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, the USS McFaul and USS Mitscher are operating in one of the most strategically sensitive waterways on the planet. Roughly a fifth of the world’s oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz each day. Their presence signals that the U.S. can both defend that vital choke point and, if necessary, strike Iranian targets from close range.
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Alongside the warships in the region are advanced aircraft such as the F-35 fighter, a jet designed to slip past air defenses and hit targets with precision. (Cpl. Isaac Cantrell/U.S. Marine Corps)
Beyond naval forces, U.S. air power is spread across multiple Middle Eastern bases, giving commanders the ability to strike, defend and sustain operations quickly.
Several types of combat aircraft are operating from regional bases, including F-15s, F-16s and the radar-evading F-35. The A-10 specializes in close-air support missions against armored threats.
Those fighters are backed by a network of support aircraft. KC-135 and KC-46 tankers refuel jets midair, allowing them to fly farther and stay aloft longer. EA-18G electronic warfare aircraft can jam enemy radar and communications. E-3 Sentry aircraft serve as airborne command centers, tracking threats across wide areas. P-8 Poseidon planes patrol and monitor maritime activity.
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Additionally, heavy transports — including C-5 Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster aircraft — move troops and equipment, while MQ-9 Reaper drones provide surveillance and can carry precision weapons. The assets give U.S. commanders flexibility to operate across air, sea and land.
Taken together, the air and naval deployments create overlapping strike capability, missile defense coverage and control over major maritime routes. For Iran, it means U.S. forces are not concentrated in a single vulnerable location — they are distributed, layered and positioned to operate from multiple directions at once.
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“Cumbres borrascosas”: por qué Joyce Carol Oates no enseñaría la novela a sus estudiantes
“Los comentarios sobre Wuthering Heights resultan tan tristes. Es evidente que muchos, la mayoría, solo han leído la primera parte y no la segunda; la novela es de una ambición enorme porque dramatiza un arco de experiencia que en realidad abarca décadas”, publicó Joyce Carol Oates —autora estadounidense referente y activa usuaria de X—, reabriendo el debate en torno a la polémica por Cumbres borrascosas tras el estreno de la versión cinematográfica dirigida por Emerald Fennel. La discusión, centrada en el legado de Emily Brontë -autora de la novela- ganó impulso en redes sociales, al reunir un agudo cruce generacional sobre la recepción de los clásicos del siglo XIX.
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Oates identifica una distancia radical entre la experiencia lectora actual y la que requiere una obra como Cumbres borrascosas.Por eso, dijo, le resultaban tristres los comentarios. La autora de Blonde, Mamá y Memorias de una viuda habló de cómo fue, en su momento, el debut de Emily Brontë: “Es un logro para una novelista que publica por primera vez, igual que Jane Eyre de la hermana de Emily, Charlotte Brontë”, compartió Oates en X.
Oates reflexionó acerca de la viabilidad, hoy, de conectar con la literatura del siglo XIX: “Quizá se ha vuelto imposible en el siglo XXI para los lectores asimilar una obra del siglo XIX; como profesora de literatura, creo que no intentaría ‘enseñarla’ hoy salvo a estudiantes universitarios muy interesados en literatura, quienes no tendrían dificultades para comprenderla”, agregó en la misma red social.
Al recordar su experiencia escolar, Joyce Carol Oates comparó su formación con el clima educativo actual: “Resulta desconcertante, al mirar estas publicaciones sobre Cumbres borrascosas, que en nuestros institutos de Williamsville, Nueva York —escuelas públicas reconocidas por su enfoque humanístico—, los profesores realmente enseñaban a las Brontë, Dostoyevski, Thoreau y muchos otros autores cuyos libros probablemente hoy se considerarían demasiado exigentes y se descartarían como ‘basura’”, relató Oates en X.
Añadió que los estudiantes leyeron esos libros y aprendieron mucho, igual que los estadounidenses del siglo XIX, quienes “escribían cartas tan elocuentes entre ellos”, destacó Oates.
En referencia a la nueva película, Oates apuntó en X la posibilidad, nunca realizada, de una lectura renovadora: “Sería emocionante ver una interpretación radicalmente nueva de Cumbres borrascosas en la que Heathcliff sea, o pueda ser, el hijo no reconocido del terrateniente Earnshaw: un heredero de la nobleza británica de piel oscura, marginado”, argumentó la autora.
Contrastó dicha posibilidad con el enfoque de la versión dirigida por Fennel: “Pero la nueva película, a juzgar por las críticas —algunas difundidas en medios de cine y portales de reseñas especializados—, parece ser simplemente un romance apasionado entre personajes blancos, lo cual puede ser bueno para la taquilla, aunque no resulta interesante en otros sentidos”, añadió Oates en la plataforma.
Joyce Carol Oates ya había abordado, en una publicación realizada en X en 2024, el impacto de las redes sociales sobre la imaginación y creatividad, dando contexto al universo de las Brontë: “¿Y si las hermanas Brontë hubieran tenido TikTok? Tan solitarias e incomunicadas en la rectoría junto al cementerio, solo podían contarse historias entre ellas, que plasmaron en libros en miniatura de los cuales nacieron años después Cumbres borrascosas y el héroe romántico Rochester”.
Cuestionó el rol de las plataformas digitales en la vida creativa: “En el corto plazo, las redes sociales fascinan; a largo plazo, secan la imaginación y debilitan el alma”, afirmó Oates en la misma red social.
En mensajes previos, la autora evocó la escritura de Mary Shelley: “Releyendo Frankenstein; o, el moderno Prometeo de Mary Shelley. Solo tenía dieciocho años cuando empezó a escribirlo, diecinueve cuando lo terminó, en una especie de trance de inspiración y concentración. Un logro, como Cumbres borrascosas de Emily Brontë: primeras novelas”.
A modo de ironía sobre la corrección contemporánea, escribió en 2016: “‘Withering Heights’, (Cumbres marchitas) corrección moderna de Wuthering Heights. Menos mal que Emily Brontë no contó con la ayuda del autocorrector”, ironizó Oates en Twitter.
Finalmente, dejó planteada una observación sobre la diferencia entre Brontë y Jane Austen: “Cumbres borrascosas es la versión bad-boy-Byroniana de todas las novelas de Jane Austen, con sus damas y caballeros elegantes”, afirmó Oates, estableciendo un contraste provocador entre dos tradiciones narrativas inglesas: mientras las novelas de Jane Austen suelen centrarse en relaciones atravesadas por normas sociales, ironía y códigos de cortesía dentro de un mundo ordenado, Cumbres borrascosas de Emily Brontë lleva el amor y el conflicto a un terreno mucho más oscuro, pasional y desbordado, encarnado en la figura casi salvaje de Heathcliff; al decir “bad-boy-Byroniana”, Oates alude al arquetipo romántico del héroe atormentado y rebelde, sugiriendo que la novela de Brontë sería como una versión extrema, tormentosa y emocionalmente violenta de las historias de amor socialmente reguladas que asociamos con Austen.
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