At least 100 North Korean soldiers were killed and 1,000 injured in the fighting in Russia's Kursk region, South Korea's National Intelligence Service reported. According to agents, North Korean soldiers are typically sent to the front lines for combat missions as shock troops.
According to information obtained by South Korean intelligence, a significant portion of the 11,000 North Korean soldiers who went to Russia are currently operating in the Kursk Oblast, where a Russian counterattack is currently underway to drive Ukrainians from their territory. It is being done.
After weeks of intensive training, North Korean soldiers have been actively participating in combat since early December, resulting in “at least 100 deaths and possibly up to 1,000 wounded.”
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According to experts cited by Yonhap News, the reason for such high losses is the country's lack of ability to carry out combat operations in the field. Soldiers sent to the front by Pyongyang authorities are especially unable to react. Due to numerous drone attacks.
War in Ukraine. Military cooperation between Moscow and North Korea
A United Nations Security Council meeting on Wednesday discussed North Korean military involvement in front-line fighting in Ukraine. During the discussion, US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield presented data on military cooperation between Russia and North Korea.
– North Korea estimates that it has sent more than 20,000 people to Russia. He said the ammunition containers contained at least six million heavy artillery shells and more than 100 ballistic missiles.
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According to American diplomacy, Moscow's formal recognition of North Korea's nuclear weapons possession may be a very worrying phenomenon.
“We are concerned that Russia is moving closer to accepting North Korea's nuclear weapons program, which would mean Russia backing away from its decades-long commitment to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula,” Thomas said.・Mr. Greenfield emphasized.
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