About 600 North Korean soldiers – Seoul were killed in Kurshchyna

Training of North Korean military in Russia. Screenshot with video Ria Novosti

About 600 North Koreans were killed in the war of Russia against Ukraine, in particular, participating in hostilities in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, the South Korean legislator said with reference to intelligence data.

Source: Reuters, Russian service BBC News, Yonhap

Literally Reuters: “About 600 North Korean servicemen (out of a total number of 15,000 people) were killed, fighting on the side of Russia against Ukraine.”

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Direct Language of the Parliament of the Republic of Korea Lee Son Quona after a briefing conducted for legislators by the National Intelligence Service: “Currently, the losses of the North Korean troops are estimated at about 4700 people, including about 600 dead.”

Details: According to him, from the beginning of this year, about 2000 soldiers have been returned to North Korea, who are currently being kept in isolation in Pyongyang and other places.

“As far as I understand, the bodies of fallen soldiers were cremated in place in the Kursk region of Russia before their [прах] They transported back to the DPRK, “said Lee Son Kwon.

According to South Korea intelligence, North Korea in total has launched 15,000 servicemen in two stages.

It is reported that the DPRK has demonstrated signs of improving combat capabilities.

South Korean intelligence has not yet found signs of deployment of a new group of DPRK troops, but does not exclude that this may happen.

Prehistory:

• In January, South Korean intelligence reported that at least 300 North Korean soldiers were killed and another 2,700 were injured in the war against Ukraine.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky called a slightly different figure at the 25th meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine at the Ramstein Air Base “Ramstein” in Germany. According to him, the losses of military people from North Korea, who are fighting against Ukraine, were 4 thousand people wounded and killed.
• In April, North Korea leader Kim Jong -in confirmed the referral of troops to Russia for war against Ukraine, stating that this complies with the provision of the Treaty on a comprehensive strategic partnership between the DPRK and the Russian Federation.
• Subsequently, the North Korean troops on the side of Russia in the war against Ukraine was confirmed by the head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. He also “thanked” the DPRK soldiers.
• In the US, they responded to it “concern”, and in the European Union called it “a manifestation of despair from Russia.”