About 600 North Korean soldiers have died To fight for Russia against Ukrainian forcesThe South Korean intelligence agency reported to legislators on Wednesday. North Korea has suffered about 4,700 casualties Among the injured and dead, as reported to the National South Korean Intelligence Service (NIS).
Some 2,000 soldiers injured NIS reported that they were returned to North Korea by plane or train between January and March. The dead fighters were burned Before his remnants in Russia were sent home, the intelligence agency said.
The evaluation occurred two days after Pyongyang for the first time that Russia had sent troops to help Russia restore parts of the Kursk region, from which Ukraine took control of a surprise infiltration last year. Russia announced on Saturday that Ukrainian troops were withdrawn from KurskA pledge that cannot be verified independently.
On Monday, North Korea declared the leader Kim jong-un He had decided to send troops to “eradicate and eliminate residents and release the Kursk area with the cooperation of the Russian Armed Forces.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a statement after Thanks to North Korea He promised to forget the “sacrifices” of the country’s soldiers. Leaders confirmed that the North Korean sequence was made due to the historic 2024 security agreement of their countries, which forcing each party to assist if it was attacked.
Military cooperation between Russia and North Korea
The United States, South Korea and its allies say North Korea Armas Routine for replacing exhausted Russian weapons. They suspect the withdrawal of the Moscow Pyongyang military and economic aid.
In the last autumn, Ukraine, the United States and South Korea said North Korea stopped a group of 10,000 to 12,000 players in Russia To fight in Kursk. In March, the South Korean army reported that Pyongyang sent about 3,000 additional soldiers to Russia earlier this year.
During its information session on Wednesday, NIS said Russia had provided North Korea to North Korea Aeronautics missilesTechnology for the introduction of electronic war groups, unmanned aircraft and intelligence satellites. Pyongyang has sent 15,000 North Korean workers to Russia in the structure of bilateral industrial cooperation programs, the intelligence agency said.
“After six months of participating in the war, the North Korean military has become less eligible and its war power has improved significantly by using new weapons such as unmanned aircraft,” said Lee Chyong-Quoon, a member of the South Korean Intelligence Commission.
