War in Ukraine: “92 soldiers killed or wounded every day”… At this rate, there will be no more North Koreans in Kursk by mid-April, the Americans sound the alarm

War in Ukrainejour 1059.

Combat and the law of numbers. Since the beginning of December, the Russia sent North Korean soldiers on the front, and more precisely in the oblast of Koursk. A highly symbolic and strategic region, since it is located in Russian territory. Where the Ukrainians made a surprise incursion last summer.

12,000 North Koreans have since fought for the Russian cause. But, through ignorance of the terrain or because they were used as cannon fodder (perhaps a bit of both), the men of Kim Jong-un suffer considerable losses.

92 men lost every day on average

According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), an American think tank that provides analysis on various conflicts around the world, North Koreans are falling in combat in Ukraine at a rate of 92 men per day. At this rate, “the entire North Korean contingent of approximately 12,000 currently in Kursk Oblast could be killed or wounded in combat by mid-April 2025 if North Korean forces continue to suffer from their casualty rate.” current high losses in the future”wrote the ISW this Thursday, January 16.

To support its theory, the ISW relies on figures provided by Volodymyr Zelensky early January (3,800 North Korean soldiers killed or wounded) and those advanced by the South Korean national intelligence service (300 killed and 2,700 wounded on January 13).