“North Korea prepares to transfer additional troops to Russia and supply kamikaze drones – South Korean intelligence December 23, 07:33 Share: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, North Korea, December 21, 2024 (Photo: KCNA via REUTERS) North Korea is likely to is preparing to transfer additional troops and weapons to Russia, including kamikaze drones, to conduct war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. This is reported by Yonhap News Agency with reference to the intelligence agency”, — write on: ua.news
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, North Korea, December 21, 2024 (Photo: KCNA via REUTERS)
North Korea is likely preparing to transfer additional troops and weapons, including kamikaze drones, to Russia to wage Russia’s war against Ukraine. This was reported by Yonhap News Agency with reference to the intelligence agency of South Korea on Monday, December 23.
According to intelligence, North Korea is preparing to rotate or increase the number of troops in Russia, where the DPRK could have already lost about 1,100 people.
Pyongyang, according to South Korea, continues to supply the aggressor country with 240 mm rocket launchers and 170 mm self-propelled artillery installations.
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“There are also some indications that The North is moving into the production and supply of kamikaze drones, which was first revealed during Kim Jong-un’s inspection in November,” the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
In Seoul, Pyongyang explains such actions as attempts to gain practical experience in waging war and modernize its conventional weapons system.
On December 22, the Defense Express portal wrote that North Korea could transfer medium-range Pukguksong-2 ballistic missiles to Russia (KN-15) with a range of about 2,000 km.
Losses of North Korean troops in battles against the Defense Forces in the Kursk region – what is known
On December 14, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that the North Korean troops, which Russia began to use in assaults in the Kursk region since November 2024, have already suffered their first losses as a result of successful attacks by the Defense Forces.
On December 15, the commander of the air reconnaissance unit, Robert Brovdi, with the call sign Magyar, published a video on his Telegram channel, in which, according to him, you can see the bodies of 22 people killed in the Kursk region during the December 14 assault by North Korean and Russian troops.
On December 16, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced that North Korean troops fighting as part of the Russian army in the Kursk region lost at least 30 soldiers killed and wounded between December 14 and 15.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said that the Russian military is trying to burn the faces of dead North Korean soldiers who participated in battles against Ukrainian troops in order to hide their losses.
On December 19, the Reuters agency, citing a South Korean politician, wrote that North Korea lost at least 100 soldiers killed and about 1,000 wounded as a result of its participation in the war against Ukraine.