The dictatorial regime of North Korea sent additional troops to the Kursk region of Russia to participate in the war against Ukraine.
This was reported by South Korean news agencies with reference to national intelligence.
Around the monthly lull, the North Korean troops were returned to the front zone in the Kursk region from the first week of February. Signs were discovered that the DPRK sent more than 1000 additional soldiers to Russia, ”SEUL intelligence reports.
Seoul also confirmed that the North Korean soldiers returned to the front line in the Kursk region
According to the South Korean publication Joongang, referring to numerous sources, from January to February 2025 Cork sent up to three thousand troops to Russia.
In February, the North Korean military were held by Russian cargo ships and military aircraft. Joogong sources reported that car, engineering and intelligence units appeared in past year -old battles that did not participate in last year’s battles.
In the fall of 2024, the Ukrainian side estimated the size of the first group of DPRK troops, which arrived in the Kursk region, 11 thousand people. According to the South Korean side, in January 2025 300 North Korean soldiers were killed, and another 2.7 thousand were injured.
North Korea is actively involved in the war against Ukraine, provides 50% of the need for ammunition for the Russian Federation, the head of the defense of the State Institution of Ukraine Kirill Budanov at the forum of Ukraine said on February 23. Year 2025 “.
The DPRK also supplies an aggressor of 170 mm howitzers and 140 mm missile launchers.
Source: Racurs
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