LDuring his daily address on Friday, December 27, Volodymyr Zelensky affirmed that North Korean soldiers deployed in the Russian region of Kursk were suffering heavy losses, without any support from the Russian army with which they are fighting.
According to the Ukrainian president, the Russian army sends North Korean soldiers into combat with minimal protection. The North Koreans themselves are taking extreme measures to avoid being taken prisoner, he added.
“Their losses are significant, very significant. We see that neither the Russian military nor their North Korean supervisors have the slightest interest in ensuring the survival of these North Koreans, Volodymyr Zelensky said. Everything is done to make it impossible for us to capture them. There are cases where they are executed by their own forces. The Russians send them to attack with minimal protection. »
Around 12,000 North Korean troops deployed in the Kursk region
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According to Ukrainian and Western intelligence estimates, around 12,000 North Korean troops have been deployed in the Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces entered in August. On Monday, Volodymyr Zelensky said that more than 3,000 North Korean soldiers had been killed or injured in the fighting.
Ukrainian forces managed to take some soldiers prisoner, “but they were seriously injured and it was not possible to save their lives,” he said.
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