“It is clear that Russian and North Korean military commanders consider these units expendable and order them to launch hopeless attacks against Ukrainian defenses,” said Kirby, who described the North Korean offensive as massive infantry attacks, according to the agency.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent roughly 12,000 soldiers to Russia. According to the Ukrainians, most of them joined the effort to regain part of the Kursk region, which the Ukrainian army occupied at the end of August.
The Ukrainians have the first North Korean prisoner
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The Ukrainian army managed to capture one North Korean, but he later died of his injuries.
“We have confirmed through the intelligence organization of a friendly country that a North Korean soldier captured alive on December 26 died a short time ago as his injuries worsened,” South Korea’s National Intelligence Service said on Friday.
North Koreans have been operating in the Kursk region since October. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, since then, three thousand of them have fallen or been taken out of battle due to injuries.
At least 100 North Korean soldiers were killed in the fighting in the Kursk region, Seoul claims
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