“Budanov denies that the DPRK soldiers departed from the front line to Kurshchiniglav GUR that about 8,000 military DPRKs continue to fight on the front line in Kursk, although their activity decreased. Budanov denied media reports about the removal of the North Korean troops from the forefront.”, – WRITE ON: Unn.ua
The North Korean troops are still fighting on the forefront in Kursk, although their activity has declined in recent days against the background of heavy losses, said the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence department exclusively for The War Zone on Friday.
Lieutenant General Kirill Budanov said that the media reports that these troops were not spotted on the front line for several weeks were “wrong”. According to Budanov, about 8,000 North Koreans still fight on the front line in Kursk. However, their capabilities have recently been reduced, and Ukrainian officials are trying to determine what this change means.
We need to wait a while to see if there are real changes, whether it’s just a decrease in activity for a few days
Budanov confessed War Zone that his comments were contrary to the reports of The New York Times and other media about the current status of North Korean troops in Kursk.
“The message in the media is wrong,” Budanov said.
Context
On Friday, Times reported that “North Korean soldiers who joined their Russian allies in the battle against the Ukrainian forces were recalled from the front line after heavy casualties, according to Ukrainian and American officials.
The presence of the DPRK’s troops was not observed for about three weeks and probably they were forced to retreat, having suffered great losses
On January 28, the head of the NSDC, the head of the NSDC, reported that the military from North Korea in Kurshchyna did not learn to resist Ukrainian drones and artillery, suffered significant losses and now conduct Russian commanders and their own work on mistakes. However, they are planned to be actively involved.
On February 4, Yonhap News, citing the South Korean intelligence agency, reported that the North Korean troops that have been deployed to support the Russian Federation in Kurshchyna seem to be not involved in hostilities since mid -January.
The head of the NSDC CPD Andriy Kovalenko reported on February 4 that there is currently no final understanding whether the military from North Korea would return to participate in the assault actions in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. He claimed that they did not take part in the assault within a few weeks.
On January 31, the units of rocket troops and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine inflicted fire at the command point of the group “Kursk” of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the city of Rylsk Kursk region.
Subsequently, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that dozens of officers could be a result of the defeat of the Central Command Point in the Kursk region.