South Korean information point to the preparation of Pyongyang again sending troops
Of the approximately 11,000 soldiers that North Korea sent to help Russia release the Kursk region, where Ukraine has been present since early August, near four thousand have died or injured.
The most recent numbers are from the UK Ministry of Defense, which points out that more than a quarter of the sent soldiers are now inoperative. Of these, he adds the same source, a thousand died in combat.
Even in the face of these numbers, North Korea is preparing to send more soldiers to combat the Russian War, one that many of the North Koreans who get there do not know why there are-some do not even know they are in war and think they are in a scenario Training, as confirmed two soldiers captured by Ukraine (see video associated with the article).
According to information from South Korean secrets, Pyongyang even prepares a reinforcement of help to Moscow, in a decision that gained strength after President Donald Trump said he wants to resume relations with Kim Jong-un, who described as a one “Smart type,” in an interview with Fox News.
The South Korean army confirmed on Friday that, after four months in combat, North Korea saw much of its soldiers being killed or injured. Now a “acceleration of new measures and the preparation for the sending of more troops” according to the advanced information is suspected.
“Despite the significant casualties in Kursk’s fighting, North Korea troops have only achieved tactical gains,” writes the last UK update, which speaks of “interoperative difficulties” between Russian and North Korean forces.
“The two forces do not share a common language and the North Korean troops are facing difficulties in integrating Russia’s command and control structure,” the British government adds.
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North Korea began sending troops to the Russian War in Autumn, months after Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un waived a defense pact that predicted a strengthening of the alliance that opposes “Hegemony of the West” and which It is led by the United States.
Realizing the difficulties from the beginning -the -there seems to be a continuity in the difficulty of ensuring that North Korea troops have effective action on the ground. It is that, in addition to all the problems pointed out, the North Korean soldiers arrived in Kursk, eventually adopting tactics that prove to be obsolete today.
With the sending of new troops to Russia, North Korea hopes to achieve more Russian technology, namely missiles and satellites, which will allow the development of Pyongyang military capabilities.
