Ukraine Special Operations Forces (Sof) have confirmed that North Korean troops have been absent from the Oblast of, in Russia, for approximately three weeks. He has advanced it in information from kyiv officials released by the North American newspaper and confirmed by Oleksandr Kindratenko, spokesman for special operations forces, to the local newspaper .
“Special Operations Forces provide information only on the front in which our units are active. Therefore, we confirm that Nor there has been the presence of North Korean troops in the region for approximately three weeks. They are likely to have seen each other forced to withdraw after suffering significant losses“, Aktsa Generalko.
He Timesciting Ukrainian and American officials, wrote that North Korean troops fighting Russia’s side against Ukraine They withdrew from the front line in Kursk -And the Ukrainian troops entered last August-, from dead and injured. It remains to see if we are facing A clear defeat or a break, a movement to reorganize and return shortly to the frontline battle.
The publication, citing US officials, informs that the decision to withdraw North Korean troops from the front It might not be permanent. Suggest that North Koreans could be relocated After a training Additional or once the Russians develop new strategies to deploy them, with the objective of Avoid more serious losses.
In November 2024, 11,000 North Korean military arrived in Russia. According to Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander in chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, his number It has been reduced by half in three months.
