“A member of the South Korean Parliament, Lee Sung Kwen, citing intelligence, reported that 100 North Korean soldiers were killed in the Kursk region, and about 1,000 servicemen fighting on the side of the Russian Federation were wounded.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Sourcesby: Reuters citing a lawmaker who released the data after a closed-door briefing by the National Intelligence Service (NIS) in parliament
Details: A South Korean lawmaker pointed out that the high losses are due to the lack of experience of the North Korean troops in “drone warfare” and ignorance of the open terrain where they participate in combat operations.
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According to Lee, the discrepancy in the estimate of the number of dead servicemen with the data of a US military official, who called several hundred casualties, is explained by the relatively conservative analysis of the NIS.
“There were reports of at least 100 dead and the number of wounded (which) is approaching 1,000,” he said.
What happened before:
- On November 7, Zelenskyi said that there are already losses among North Korean soldiers fighting on the side of the Russian Federation in Kurshchyna.
- The United States confirmed that North Korean troops took part in hostilities in the Kursk region.
- In addition, according to The New York Times, a group of 50,000 Russian and North Korean troops is preparing to launch a large-scale counteroffensive in the Kursk region.
- On December 15, the military released photos and videos of Russian and North Korean soldiers killed in the Kursk region after Saturday’s assaults
- Later, the NYT, citing the words of a senior official of the US Department of Defense, reported that the Ukrainian military could have killed or wounded “several hundred” soldiers sent by North Korea to help Russia in the war against Ukraine.