The White House was stunned by the number of casualties among North Korean troops at the front in Ukraine

The North Korean military is suffering significant losses on the front lines in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Over the last week, a thousand of their soldiers were killed or wounded in the Kursk region of Russia. This is reported by Reuters, transmits UNN.

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According to Reuters, this statement was made by the representative of the White House, John Kirby.

It is noted that this figure is significantly higher than that previously mentioned by US officials.

In his speech, a White House spokesman described the North Korean military’s offensive as “massive unsupported infantry attacks.”

It is obvious that Russian and North Korean military leaders treat these troops as expendable, sending them into hopeless attacks against Ukrainian defenses

NewsNation reporter Kelly Meyer commented on John Kirby’s performance on Platform X.

She added that, according to Kirby, the North Korean soldiers went through a deep “brainwashing”. Some of them committed suicide in order not to surrender to the Ukrainian army.

We will remind

The President of Ukraine reported on the massive losses of the North Korean military at the front and their finishing by his own troops. Russia deliberately sends the Koreans into battle without protection and prevents them from being captured.