12,000 North Koreans went to fight for Russia, now they’re nowhere to be found

[RYAN ROBERTSON]

THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE SAYS IT HASN’T SEEN NORTH KOREAN TROOPS ON THE FRONTLINES IN RUSSIA’S KURSK REGION IN WEEKS,

A SPOKESEPERSON FOR UKRAINE’S MILITARY SPECIAL FORCES SAYS HE BELIEVES IT’S BECAUSE OF ALL THE MASS CASUALTIES THOSE SOLDIERS SUFFERED.

AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, AROUND 12-THOUSAND NORTH KOREAN TROOPS WERE DEPLOYED TO RUSSIA AND UKRAINE SAYS AROUND FOUR THOUSAND WERE EITHER KILLED OR INJURED SINCE THEN

UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK IN DAVOS THAT DESPITE RUSSIA’S 60-THOUSAND TROOPS IN KURSK AND 12-THOUSAND NORTH KOREANS, UKRAINIAN FORCES REMAIN IN THE REGION…FIGHTING TO HOLD ONTO RUSSIAN LAND IN THE HOPES OF HAVING A BETTER BARGAINING CHIP SHOULD PEACE TALKS START. 

THE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR, A D-C-BASED MILITARY THINK-TANK, ALSO REPORTS KYIV RECENTLY MADE SOME ADVANCEMENTS IN KURSK.

WHILE RUSSIA’S DEFENSE MINISTRY SAYS MOSCOW’S FORCES RECAPTURED A KURSK VILLAGE ON THE BORDER OF RUSSIA AND UKRAINE.

UKRAINIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY THEY BELIEVE PYONGYANG SENT HIGHLY-TRAINED SOLDIERS BUT MOSCOW REALLY ONLY USED THEM TO CARRY OUT GROUND ASSAULTS AND MEAT-WAVE ATTACKS–MAKING EASY TARGETS FOR UKRAINIAN FIGHTERS AND DRONE PILOTS. 

SO FAR, NEITHER MOSCOW NOR PYONYANG PUBLICLY MENTIONED THE PRESENCE OF NORTH KOREAN SOLDIERS IN UKRAINE.

THOUGH, AS WE REPORTED, LAST YEAR, MONTHS BEFORE THOUSANDS OF PYONGYANG SOLDIERS WENT TO FIGHT IN RUSSIA’S WAR, DICTATOR VLADIMIR PUTIN AND KIM JONG UN SIGNED A KEY DEFENSE AGREEMENT PROMISING TO AID EACH OTHER IN CASE OF AN ATTACK.

IN ADDITION TO THE TROOPS, PYONGYANG ALSO SUPPLIED RUSSIA WITH MILLIONS OF ARTILLERY SHELLS, ROCKETS AND MISSILES, ACCORDING TO WESTERN INTELLIGENCE.

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