A South Korean lawmaker said Seoul's intelligence showed some 3,000 North Korean troops have been wounded or killed in Kursk.
North Korean Soldiers in Ukraine
Ukraine captured two wounded North Korean soldiers who were fighting on behalf of Russia in a Russian border region, South Korea’s intelligence service said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said forces operating in the Kursk region of Russia have captured two North ... usually execute their wounded to erase any evidence of North Korea’s involvement in the war against Ukraine.”
North Korea's deployment to Russia is its first major involvement in a war since the 1950-53 Korean War. North Korea reportedly sent a much smaller contingent to the Vietnam War and to the civil conflict in Syria. The United States has warned the experience in Russia will make North Korea "more capable of waging war against its neighbours".
Over 12,000 North Korean troops are estimated to be fighting against Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region, the United Nations Security Council learned last week. North Korea launched ...
All of North Korea's troops in Kursk could get wiped out by April, given current losses, a think tank said. Analysts cited casualty reports from Ukraine and South Korea, estimating 92 losses per day for Pyongyang. Still, the estimated 12,000 troops sent by ...
"I didn't even know who we were fighting against," the captured soldier from Pyongyang told Ukraine's Security Service.
One of the two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine this month has claimed that he arrived in Russia without knowing whom he would be fighting, according to another video of his interrogation released by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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North Korean troops have suffered thousands of casualties in Russia’s Kursk region, according to Ukrainian estimates