““Since mid -January, there have been no signs that North Korean troops, deployed in the Russian Kursk region, are involved in hostilities””, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
Thus, the National Intelligence Service confirmed The New York Times that the North Korean soldiers were removed from the front line in mid -January due to significant losses.
“Since mid -January, there have been no signs that the North Korean troops, deployed in the Russian Kursk region, have been involved in hostilities,” the scouts said.
The agency confirmed that one of the reasons for the absence of North Korean troops in Kurshchyna has great losses, adding that efforts are currently ongoing to determine the exact cause.
Earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with associated that one of the three brigades of North Korea was completely destroyed and two have great losses.
The arrival of the first North Korean soldiers in Kurshchyna became known last fall.
According to the US, South Korea and Ukraine, Russia arrived from 10 to 12 thousand North Korean military in October. They were involved in the war on the side of Russia, the DPRK units were used in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.
Moscow and Pyongyang were not confirmed by the direct involvement of the North Korean military in battles.
On January 11, Ukraine announced the capture of two soldiers from North Korea in Kurshchyna.
The capture of two North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation was also confirmed by the South Korea intelligence agency. The intelligence of the Republic of Korea quoted the words of one of the captured soldiers of the DPRK that “there were” significant “losses in Russia among the North Korean soldiers in Russia.” They also noted that one of the prisoners was left without food and water for four to five days before it was seized by Ukrainian forces.
In general, the losses of the DPRK are estimated by hundreds and even thousands of people, but there is no independent confirmation of this data.