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Putin to discuss Ukrainian grain exports with Turkish officials in Tehran; Ukraine general lauds the ‘timely arrival’ of US medium-range Himars rocket systems.North Korea could send workers to two Russian-controlled territories in eastern Ukraine, according to Russia’s ambassador in Pyongyang – a move that would pose a challenge to international sanctions against the North’s nuclear weapons programme.
According to NK News, a Seoul-based website, ambassador Alexander Matsegora said North Korean workers could help rebuild the war-shattered infrastructure in the self-proclaimed people’s republics in Donetsk and Luhansk. Matsegora said there were potentially “a lot of opportunities” for economic cooperation between the North and the self-proclaimed republics in Ukraine’s Donbas region, despite UN sanctions.
He told the Russian newspaper Izvestia in an interview, according to NK News, that “highly qualified and hard-working Korean builders, who are capable of working in the most difficult conditions, could help us restore our social, infrastructure and industrial facilities”.
His comments come days after North Korea became one of only a few countries to recognise the two territories, accusing the Ukrainian government of being part of Washington’s “hostile” stance towards Pyongyang.
Women serving in Ukraine’s armed forces will now have their own uniforms after years of fastening standard-issue men’s clothes with pins and belts.Female military personnel will receive the first batch of trousers, jackets and tactical underwear, which are sewn according to women’s standards, according to local media reports.
The Arm Women Now volunteer project is working on functional uniforms for military women. “The first uniform for our defenders is sewn according to women’s patterns – comfortable, functional, comfortable and made of very high-quality material,” the organisation said in an Instagram post earlier this month alongside a photo of a woman in the new clothes.
Ukraine’s ministry of defence provides approval for a single uniform standard for men. The women’s uniform is provided only in formal scenarios with coat, skirt and high-heeled shoes.
Source : The Guardian
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