At least 100 North Korean soldiers stationed in Russia have been killed and about 1,000 more injured during intense fighting with the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region.
Points of attention
- At least 100 North Korean soldiers were killed and about 1,000 were injured during fighting with the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kursk.
- The losses of the North Korean military are due to a lack of experience in using drones and unfamiliarity with open terrain conditions.
- Russia is actively using North Korean military personnel for its operations in the Kursk region, having received containers with various types of weapons from Pyongyang.
- The SBU intercepted a conversation about wounded soldiers in medical facilities in the Moscow region, where North Korean soldiers receive advantages over Russian ones.
100 North Korean soldiers have already been killed and about 1,000 wounded in Kursk
As stated by South Korean parliament member Lee Seong-gwon, the high losses of the North Korean military are due to a lack of experience in using drones and ignorance of the conditions of the open terrain where they were involved in combat.
At least 100 people are reported dead and more than 1,000 injured, Lee Seong-gwon said.
Lee also noted that North Korea may be preparing for additional deployment of its troops in Russia.
According to the report, the losses of the North Korean military are significant, which is confirmed by official statements from representatives of the United States and Ukraine. Russia is actively using the North Korean military for its offensive operations in the Kursk region.
According to the United States and South Korea, more than 10,000 North Korean troops have been sent to help Russia. In addition, Pyongyang has provided more than 10,000 containers of weapons, including artillery shells, anti-tank missiles, mechanized howitzers and rocket launchers.
Hundreds of wounded North Korean soldiers were placed in Russian hospitals
As noted, the SBU managed to intercept a telephone conversation between a nurse from a hospital in the Moscow region and her husband, who is participating in hostilities in the Kharkiv direction.
The woman said that in just a few days, more than 200 wounded North Korean soldiers were brought to a hospital near Moscow.
"About 100 people arrived yesterday, and another 120 today — that's already 200. And how many of them are there in total? God only knows," says the occupier's wife.
The Russian also complained in the conversation that the North Korean wounded are being held in better conditions than the Russian soldiers. According to her, they are given separate wards, and the medical staff has limited communication due to the language barrier.
Are they elite, these Koreans? We're freeing up certain wards for them... Are they privileged here or what? — the nurse was indignant.
She added that doctors are not even allowed to speak English to North Korean soldiers.
