“DPRK troops from mid -January because of the great losses do not participate in the fighting in the Kurshchyna – South Korea Intelligence on February 4, 07:32 Share: Soldiers of the DPRK Army (Photo: Kcna Via Reuters) -Apressor of the Russian Federation in battles against the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region from mid -January -because of great losses. About it reports AFP with reference to your own sources”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
DPRK Army Soldiers (Photo: KCNA VIA Reuters)
North Korean troops are most likely not to participate on the side of the Russian Army battles Against the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region since mid -January – due to great losses.
About it reports AFP with reference to its own sources in the National Intelligence Service of South Korea (NIS).
“It seems that from mid -January, North Korean troops, stationed in the Kursk region of Russia, are not involved in hostilities. One of the reasons for this may be the presence of a large number of casualties, but the exact details are still being monitored, ”they said.
Before BBC With reference Western officials reported that in the Kursk region by mid -January 2025, about a thousand North Korean servicemen could have died.
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DPRK Army Losses in Kursk Oblast – What is known
On January 9, 2025, Ramstein in Germany in Germany, President Zelensky said that the loss of soldiers from North Korea had already been 4,000 people.
The Institute for the Study of the War for its part reported that North Korea could lose all its contingent with the wounded or killed of about 12,000 servicemen stationed in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, until mid-April 2025.
At the same time, North Korea is expected to launch a new military contingent in Russia by mid -March.
On January 19, The Washington Post wrote that North Korean soldiers have not appeared on the battlefield recently.
On January 27, Sky News reported that North Korea troops were probably temporarily departed from the front line in the Kursk region of Russia, having suffered great losses.
On January 31, the Special Operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that in the Kursk region, the presence of North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region.
On the same day, The New York Times, citing sources, reported that the DPRK’s troops were withdrawn from the front line in the Kursk region after heavy losses.
On February 2, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that as a result of a strike forces forces on the command post of Russian troops in the Kursk region, on January 31, the invaders lost dozens of officers – both Russian and North Korean.