As of today, approximately 300 soldiers from the North Korean military contingent have been killed in the Kursk region. This is 200 more than were reported in December, reports the Yonhap news agency.

According to Western officials, as of the middle of January, North Korean forces in Kursk region lost about 4,000 people killed and wounded, including about 1,000 killed, the BBC said on Wednesday.

South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) said Sunday it had confirmed that Ukraine captured two wounded North Korean soldiers this week in Russia's Kursk region, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said they were being questioned.

South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) has reportedly confirmed their capture. The NIS told AFP that it had "confirmed that the Ukrainian military captured two North Korean soldiers on January 9 in the Kursk battlefield in Russia". The Security ...

The NIS attributed the high casualties to the soldiers' "lack of understanding of modern warfare," including their "useless" attempts to shoot down long-range drones.

The entire North Korean contingent (approximately 12,000 troops) currently stationed in the Kursk region (Russia) may be killed or wounded in combat by mid-April 2025. — Ukrinform.

A South Korean lawmaker said Seoul's intelligence showed some 3,000 North Korean troops have been wounded or killed in Kursk.

Out of the estimated 11,000 North Korean troops deployed in support of Russia's war against Ukraine, 4,000 have been killed, wounded, missing or captured, BBC reported, citing unnamed Western officials. Of the total North Korean casualties, around 1,000 are believed to have been killed by mid-January, it said.

The unprecedented loss of life in a foreign conflict means that the war in Ukraine could be the Kim regime’s most significant test since the 1990s famine.

Ukrainian forces described a different kind of enemy, fighting with unfamiliar tactics and little option to retreat.

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