The head of the Ukrainian military intelligence, Kirilo Budanov, has just provided information that comes to give A turn to everything that was being published in recent days about the presence of North Korea troops in the Russian region of. Nosays. Although to a lesser number, they continue to fighthe explains now in an interview.
At the end of January that North Korean soldiers they had removed from the front lines due to the great losses they were suffering. A spokesman for the Ukrainian special forces confirmed that data, indicating that they had not seen them in the area that Ukraine herself occupies in the Federation since last August. On Tuesday, South Korean intelligence also confirmed that militants of the Democratic Popular Republic of Korea (RPDC) They had folded.
However, Budanov now denies that North Korean soldiers have disappeared, refining that their number has only decreased and were currently working to find out why. He states that they are about 8,000 North Korean soldiers who continue to fight Ukraine in Kursk, as he said in an interview with the magazine published on February 4.
“We have to wait some time to see if there are real changes or if it is simply a lower activity for a couple of days”Said Budanov.
Last fall they deployed Up to 12,000 North Korean soldiers in Kursk’s brain to support Russian forces in the fight against a Ukrainian incursion launched in early August 2024. At least 300 North Korean soldiers have died and another 2,700 have been injured In fighting, according to the National Intelligence Service of South Korea on January 13.
According to Budanov, the great losses of the North Korean army may be related to His lack of experience in combat and with the tactic of attacks in human waves with a limited amount of equipment. He adds that North Korean soldiers attack “Practically without combat vehicles”.
Budanov also suggested that the North Korean army He is so willing to move on foot against drones and artillery Ukrainians due to your loyalty to the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. He added that his contempt for personal security makes Ukraine defense more difficult.
