North Korea 'sends more troops and kamikaze drones' to Russia after horrific losses
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North Korea is set to send more troops and kamikaze drones to Russia after suffering more than 1,000 casualties in fighting in Ukraine. Since dictator Kim Jung-un began sending North Koreans to help Vladimir Putin's war effort, they have suffered heavy losses. A Ukrainian special operations crew claimed to have killed 77 and wounded 40 North Korean soldiers in three days in Kursk region.
Graphic footage claims to show the alleged assault on Kim Jong-un’s forces in a field inside Russia by the Ukrainian special operations team. And with around 100 North Koreans now believed to have been killed and a further 1,000 injured, South Korean intelligence has warned that more soldiers are being sent, reported Yonhap news agency.
“A comprehensive assessment of multiple intelligence shows that North Korea is preparing to rotate or increase the deployment of troops [in Russia] while currently supplying 240-millimetre rocket launchers and 170mm self-propelled artillery," said the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea.
“There are also some signs of [the North] moving to manufacture and supply suicide drones, first unveiled during [dictator] Kim Jong-un's on-site inspection in November.”. Vladimir Putin has become reliant on up to 12,000 North Korean troops sent to Russia’s Kursk region where they are deployed to seek to push out Ukrainian troops. The Russian leader remains sensitive about admitting to his people the extent to which he is using Kim’s forces in exchange for cash, oil and sophisticated arms supplies.
