North Korean troops sent to fight in the Russian War against Ukraine seem to have suffered huge losses on battle frontswhich has led to its. The Ukrainian army claims not to have seen these forces in weeks, an observation backed by the South Korean intelligence agency, which has not detected recent signs of North Korean participation in the fighting.
Various reports of South Korean and Western intelligence have assured that these soldiers, considered the best trained in North Korea, were deployed in the front line of the assaults to the Russian region of Kursk as “Canyon meat” in “human waves” attacks.
Expendable armies in the conflict
The use of foreign and mercenary troops in the War of Russia against Ukraine has been a constant. He which depended largely on convicts, lost approximately 20,000 fighters in the battle for Bajmut.
The British Ministry of Defense has accused Moscow of “Wasting lives in a grotesque strategy”referring to the way in which Kremlin uses its troops in suicidal attacks against Ukrainian defenses. Now, North Korean forces seem to have been used in the same way.
Military experts point out that North Korean troops have been used in high -risk missions, such as Cleaning of mines and attacks on fortified positionsroles that do not correspond to your elite training. Seth Jones, from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), stressed that Russia’s tactics continue to be based on a wear war With great human losses, a combat style that has characterized its army since the Soviet era.
Russia has improved its Electronic War and the use of drones, But keep betting on strategies that require a high human sacrifice. Although Ukraine has managed to maintain part of the territory taken in Kursk, Russia has intensified the pressure in the area. However, the availability of soldiers for Moscow is not infinite.
