“These pictures, which journalists cannot independently verify at the moment, show the results of several assaults. Several dozen bodies can be seen against the background of broken equipment”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Schemes” sources among the military claim that among them are soldiers from North Korea who were active in joint units of the Russian army.
On December 14, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, announced the availability of data on the beginning of the use of North Korean troops in assaults against Ukrainian forces in the Kursk Region. “The Russians include them in combined units and use them in operations in the districts of the Kursk region. So far, only there,” the head of state said.
According to the information of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, during the last day, the military from the DPRK lost about 200 people during the assaults.
At the end of October, Western publications reported that North Korea had sent military personnel to Russia to participate in hostilities against Ukraine. According to Ukraine and Western countries, more than 10,000 North Korean troops have arrived in the Kursk region.
On November 5, the sources of the Financial Times and Suspilnyi in the special services informed about the first combat clashes between the Ukrainian and North Korean military in the Kursk region. It was noted that so far “we are not talking about major clashes”.
In early November, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, announced that North Korean troops had suffered their first losses. Moscow and Pyongyang did not confirm the direct participation of the North Korean military in the fighting.