Russia is reportedly deploying North Korean soldiers to carry out assaults in the Kursk region without armored support. This information was published by Andrii Kovalenko, head of Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation, on December 16.
“North Koreans are concentrated in wooded areas and then pushed to assault narrow sections of the front from multiple directions at once. Their losses are significant,” Kovalenko stated.
He added that Russian military bloggers have avoided addressing the failures of North Korean units, instead promoting narratives of their supposed successes while concealing heavy casualties.
Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (HUR) reported that between December 14 and 15, North Korean military units sustained heavy losses in the areas of Plekhovo, Vorozhba, and Martynivka in Russia’s Kursk region.
At least 30 soldiers were killed or wounded.
In addition, three North Korean servicemen went missing near the village of Kurilovka.
Following these losses, assault groups were replenished with new personnel, notably from the 94th Separate Brigade of the North Korean Army, to maintain continued offensive operations in the Kursk region.
Earlier, the commander of the Ukrainian special drone unit Ptakhy Madyara shared footage depicting the aftermath of a battle in the Kursk region.
The video showed the bodies of Russian soldiers alongside those of North Korean troops.
